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Outside the Safe Operating Space of a New Planetary Boundary for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Outside the Safe Operating Space of a New Planetary Boundary for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Abstract It is hypothesized that environmental contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) defines a separate planetary boundary and that this boundary has been exceeded. This hypothesis is tested by comparing the levels of four selected perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) […]
Wildfires Are Contaminating Drinking Water Systems, and It’s More Widespread Than People Realize
Wildfires Are Contaminating Drinking Water Systems, and It’s More Widespread Than People Realize Fire in one part of a community can contaminate the water system used by other residents, as Santa Rosa, California, discovered after the Tubbs Fire. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images More than 58,000 fires scorched the United States last year, and 2021 is on […]
‘You can’t drink money’: Kootenay communities fight logging to protect their drinking water
‘You can’t drink money’: Kootenay communities fight logging to protect their drinking water In Glade, where clear-cutting could begin any day, determined residents are pulling out all the stops in an effort to protect their local creek — even though a judge ruled they have no right to clean waterSarah Cox Jul 20, 2019 17 min read […]
Michigan Declares State Of Emergency After Cancer-Linked Toxin Found In Drinking Water
Michigan Declares State Of Emergency After Cancer-Linked Toxin Found In Drinking Water Michigan officials declared a state of emergency on Sunday after high levels of Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) were discovered in Kalamazoo County tapwater, reports Mlive.com The declaration was made by Lt. Gov. Brian Calley (R), several days after the toxic compound was found in the water […]
Rampant Wildfires Will Affect Our Drinking Water
Rampant Wildfires Will Affect Our Drinking Water In a world of bigger, hotter fires, it is time to think of forests as vital infrastructure, and to invest in preserving these resources for the future. If you live in the northwestern half of the continent, as I do, there has been no escaping this year’s extraordinary wildfire […]
Fracking Contaminates Groundwater: Stanford Study
Fracking Contaminates Groundwater: Stanford Study Another scientific report finds evidence of industry’s impact on public resource. Drilling photo via Shutterstock. Another scientific study has confirmed that fracking, the controversial technology that blasts apart low-grade rocks containing molecules of hydrocarbons, can contaminate groundwater. “We have, for the first time, demonstrated impact to Underground Sources of Drinking Water (USDW) as […]
Confusion and Fear in North Carolina As State Ends Drinking Water Safety Warning
Confusion and Fear in North Carolina As State Ends Drinking Water Safety Warning “I’m fighting for my kids and my neighbors,” says a determined Amy Brown. Brown and hundreds of other North Carolina residents have been using only bottled water for the better part of a year now for cooking, drinking, hygiene and even for […]
How to Test Your Drinking Water (And Why You Should Do It)
How to Test Your Drinking Water (And Why You Should Do It) While we would love to be able to trust the liquid flowing from our faucets, anyone who pays even half-hearted attention to the news knows that we can no longer expect safety in our drinking water unless we confirm it ourselves. The EPA […]
State of Emergency Declared in Michigan City After Lead Found in Children’s Blood
State of Emergency Declared in Michigan City After Lead Found in Children’s Blood Flint, Michigan– “The City of Flint has experienced a Manmade disaster,” said the city’s mayor Monday evening, as she declared a state of emergency over evidently staggering levels of lead in the city’s tap water. Mayor Karen M. Weaver has requested federal assistance to deal with the fallout […]
China explosions: Cyanide in waters near blast site said to be 277 times acceptable level
China explosions: Cyanide in waters near blast site said to be 277 times acceptable level Drinking water in Tianjin meets national standards, health authority says Chinese authorities warned that cyanide levels in the waters around the Tianjin Port explosion site had risen to as much as 277 times acceptable levels although they declared that the […]
Higher-risk ‘Shallow Fracking’ More Common than Suspected: Study
Higher-risk ‘Shallow Fracking’ More Common than Suspected: Study Lessons for BC, Alberta in new Stanford report. The fracking of oil and gas less than a mile from aquifers or the Earth’s surface now takes place across North America with few restrictions, posing increased risk for drinking water supplies, says a new Stanford study. The study examined […]
EPA Study: Fracking Puts Drinking Water Supplies at Risk of Contamination
EPA Study: Fracking Puts Drinking Water Supplies at Risk of Contamination The Environmental Protection Agency has released its long awaited draft assessment of the impacts that fracking has on the nation’s drinking water supplies — confirming that the process does indeed contaminate water. “From our assessment, we conclude there are above and below ground mechanisms by which hydraulic […]
Yellowstone River Oil Spill Threatens Drinking Water in Montana
Yellowstone River Oil Spill Threatens Drinking Water in Montana Bottled water is being provided to residents of Glendive, Montana, after oil from True Companies’Poplar pipeline system leaked into the Yellowstone River. Dawson County has received complaints of odor in drinking water from people who use the municipal water system, according to a posting on the Montana government site. A […]
