drinking water

RFK Jr.’s War on Fluoride Rings Alarm With Health Officials

Samantha Maldonado / THE CITY Apr 16, 2025 New York City’s health commissioner says disparities in dental care will put children living in poverty at risk. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump EPA Ignores Scientific Evidence as It Shreds Regulations

Julia Conley / Common Dreams Jan 1, 2020 Former members of the agency's Science Advisory Board say EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is "sidelining" the panel. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Things Got So Fracking Bad in Ohio

By Daniel Ross / Independent Media Institute Oct 28, 2019 Ohio’s natural gas production has swelled more than 2,200 percent in just seven years, and some locals are reporting polluted air and water. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Pulling Drinking Water Out of Thin Air

Paul Brown / Climate News Network Sep 9, 2018 Using commonly available chemicals, potable water can be drawn straight from the atmosphere, providing a possible lifeline for arid regions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

With No Clean Water, Some Puerto Ricans Tap Toxic Waste Sites

By Kali Holloway / AlterNet Oct 12, 2017 Nearly 40 percent of the U.S. territory's residents have no safe drinking water, according to a FEMA report. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

California and EPA Poised to Expand Program With Potential to Pollute Water Reserves

By Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica Aug 31, 2016 Under federal environmental law, a little-known program is being used to permit oil and gas companies to inject waste into the state’s aquifers, even as the thirst for groundwater grows. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Flint All Over Again? Lead Poisoning Scandal Strikes Ohio Town

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Jan 27, 2016 The state's Environmental Protection Agency has asked its federal counterpart to open a criminal investigation into what occurred in Sebring. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Budget Cuts and Negligence Poisoned the Drinking Water in Flint, Mich.

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 17, 2016 Calls for the resignation of Gov. Rick Snyder are intensifying in the face of evidence that he allowed the city's 100,000 residents to continue cooking, drinking and bathing in water known to be contaminated with lead. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

400,000 Residents Affected in Toledo Water Emergency

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 3, 2014 Distribution centers and store shelves were emptied of bottled water after Ohio's fourth-largest city told residents not to drink from its water supply, citing contamination by toxins possibly from algae on Lake Erie. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

France’s Former President Nicolas Sarkozy Being Held by Authorities Pending Corruption Charges

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2014 Police are looking into whether the ex-president of France received illegal campaign donations from L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt and Libyan tyrant Moammar Gadhafi; Facebook has been manipulating users all along it seems; meanwhile, scientists have discovered a human protein can clean drinking water. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

More Solar Workers in U.S. Than Coal Miners, and Solar Doesn’t Poison Drinking Water

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 18, 2014 By the end of 2013, the number of workers in the solar energy industry in the U.S. had grown to 143,000. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

West Virginia Residents Wait for Tap Water to Be Declared Safe

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 12, 2014 As hundreds of thousands of West Virginians faced a third day without drinking water due to a chemical spill in a local river, a crisis for which President Obama declared a federal emergency, a water company executive said Saturday that it could take days to determine whether the water is safe again. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )