“With our project nearing completion, water companies have a package of evidence-based findings to inform designs of new chemical-free treatment systems. These innovative approaches will increase ...

Millions of Americans buy bottled water due to concerns about chemicals in tap water - but they could actually be harming their health. According to the International Bottled Water Association ...

The lower the number, the more acidic. Here’s what you need to know about the potential benefits and risks of alkaline water in cancer treatment. Alkaline water is said to possibly help ...

Breaking of pipes or inundation in those situations might introduce harmful bacteria or viruses, harming drinking water. Boil notices are for killing bacteria. VOCs are chemicals. As Andrew ...

When the City of Live Oak recently reported what a state water official described as “low risk” levels of “forever chemicals” in one of three wells providing drinking water to residents ...

The research follows the identification of a mysterious, potentially toxic chemical byproduct found in treated drinking water consumed by millions of Americans. If you’re concerned about the ...

Twenty-seven percent of public water ... chemicals in their drinking water and were also more likely to be positioned close to sources of pollution, such as airports and wastewater treatment ...

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some ... It is plentiful — wastewater treatment plants produce millions of tons of it — but the EPA said that less than 1% of fertilized acreage of ...

Water treatment plants usually use technologies ... and not necessary if water is already safe to drink. "Forever chemicals" are almost impossible to avoid. They can be found in clothes, cosmetics ...

American chemicals producer Chemours, the group behind the Teflon brand, has been lobbying harder than any other business to water down a proposed European Union ban on harmful PFAS chemicals, ...

One cause is when high water use from firefighting drains the water system. When water is depleted, the system is vulnerable to chemical contamination ... that home water treatment devices ...

By Hiroko Tabuchi For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday warned that “forever chemicals ... of Clean Water Agencies, which represents wastewater treatment plants ...