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In Northeastern Syria, Pollution And Conflict Prevent Thousands From Clean Water
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Where the Oil Runs Deep, Water Turns Foul
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Brazil’s Covid And Water Crisis: On The Front Lines With Photojournalist Tommaso Protti
Reporting from the front lines in Brazil, one of the new epicenters of the coronavirus, where water is a central issue in combatting the disease.
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Water Shortage Leaves Poorer Mexicans High and Dry in Coronavirus Fight
Water scarcity complicates attempts to sanitize the area amid the spread of the coronavirus disease.
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Pesticides, Antibiotics, Heavy Metals Tarnish Europe’s Waterways
New chemicals and medicines are being developed, then leaching into waterways, faster than researchers can study them.
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‘Alarming’ Increase in U.S. Hepatitis A Cases, CDC Reports
The resurgence of the viral liver disease hepatitis A is linked to drug use and homelessness.
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Groundwater Plummets in Delhi, City of 29 Million
Experts warn that Delhi could reach “zero groundwater levels” by 2020.
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CDC Releases Latest U.S. Legionnaires’ Disease Data
Legionnaires’ disease, a pneumonia-like illness, is the deadliest waterborne disease in the United States, killing about one in eleven people it sickens.
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Detroit Schools Shut Off Drinking Water After Finding Elevated Levels of Lead, Copper
A task force will investigate the contamination and identify solutions.
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Recovery Begins in Kerala, Where Historic Flooding Killed Hundreds
More than 1 million Kerala residents were displaced by the worst flooding in a century.
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Toxic Water, Toxic Crops: India’s Public Health Time Bomb
Raw sewage and industrial wastewater contaminated with metals and chemicals irrigate much of the India's food.
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Perfluorinated Chemicals Health Study Included in Congress Budget Deal
CDC will assess exposure to the chemical at U.S. military bases.