water contamination

262 cases of cryptosporidium have been reported up until March 8, however, Health NZ stopped short of issuing notice of an outbreak citing a lack of a cluster.

The Greater Chicago manganese scare was much ado about nothing. Nothing is inherently toxic. Only dosages and routes of exposure generate toxicity.

The Ministry of Water Resources in China released a report claiming that more than 80% of the mainland’s shallow groundwater has been polluted.

Lead pipes like the ones that contaminated the tap water in Flint, Michigan, carry water into millions of older homes across the U.S. every day, a legacy of an era before scientists realized the severe long-term health consequences of exposure to the heavy metal.

The fast food giant still hasn’t recovered from its last food scandal.

About half of the country’s treated wastewater is recycled as fertilizer for land.

On Monday, cities in Ohio and Michigan lifted a three day restriction on drinking tap water. But experts say the threat of harmful algae blooms linked to the water contamination will remain in Lake Erie for years to come.

In a small town in East China, the groundwater is so polluted by industrial chemicals that there is a funeral nearly every day.