For years Bithlo residents have had to live with a tainted water supply causing a multitude of issues throughout the community. Due to the local governments complacent actions towards this long-running issue, residents…
We couldn’t have said it better than the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “All groundwater sources should be protected from contamination (germs and harmful chemicals).”1 For the environment, our health,…
As New York City’s precipitation rates continue to rise, the health risks posed by the city’s inadequate sewage infrastructure are becoming more and more evident.
Coal-fired power plants create around 140 million ton of fly ash and other combustion wastes every year (2). The wastes created from the power plants contain some of the most toxic metals such…
Dr Adam Jeziorski and his research team from the Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario published their findings in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Entitled “The Jellification of North Temperate…
According to a new study, the Great Lakes are being polluted by billions of microplastic beads, with potentially devastating consequences for the environment.
Writing in The New York Times, ocean expert Charles Moore described a recent voyage during which he and his colleagues conducted research into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch one of several gyres, or…
A recent study has found traces of cocaine in the public drinking water supply. Present in its metabolised form, benzoylecgonine, the street drug was discovered in samples analysed by the Drinking Water Inspectorate…
There have been many news reports, lately, regarding the health risks of leaving plastic water bottles in the heat and later consuming the water. That risk can be linked to the chemical bisphenol…
The need to grow food and engage in agricultural activities is an essential part of the human experience. Like many things, agriculture is something that can hurt the environment, but it does not…