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CDC will guide first-ever national evaluation of drinking water contaminant. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Recognizing widespread public concern over drinking water contamination, Congress approved a five-year, $7-million study of the human health consequences of perfluorinated compounds, a class of chemicals that came to national prominence in the last two years amid detection in […]
The Global Rundown Summer in South America is expected to worsen the drought in Brazil, and bring intense heat to Chile and Argentina. Monsoon rains lash southeastern India, filling reservoirs but also affecting crops and causing the death of two girls. Britain’s shale gas industry prepares to retry fracking, years after earth tremors halted the […]
Hotspots H2O: Global Rundown Drought, political instability, and an influx of refugees continue to cripple Ethiopia despite booming economic growth. Tensions flare as pastoralists and crop farmers vie for water and pasture in Tana Delta, Kenya. Aid agencies prioritize providing clean water and preventing cholera among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Improving basic services such as […]
State health emergency declared in response to largest U.S. hepatitis A outbreak in more than two decades.
The Global Rundown An analysis of 1,800 riots in sub-Saharan Africa verifies the hypothesis that drought is linked to outbreaks of unrest. The total number of cholera cases in Yemen could reach 1 million by the end of the year, according to Red Cross projections. UN Agencies and a variety of global partners join together […]
The Global Rundown Global warming could produce millions of acres of new farmland in Canada as frigid land thaws. Drought conditions are expected to ease throughout Australia as a cold front brings rain. Hurricane Maria weakens a dam in Puerto Rico, prompting thousands of downstream communities to evacuate. Drought-stricken nations across the world are turning […]
The Global Rundown Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida, causing widespread damage and leaving millions without electricity. Further to the south, Hurricane Jose shifts away from the Caribbean. Toxic chemicals from illegal marijuana farms in California are polluting rivers that feed the state’s water supply. New research finds that thunderstorms located directly above busy shipping […]
The Global Rundown Over 180 million people around the world lack clean water due to conflict, according to UN estimates. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims are in need of water and other aid as violent fighting drives them from their homes in Myanmar. A hospital in Gorakhpur, India is under fire after the death of 42 […]
The Global Rundown Rain from Hurricane Harvey inundates southeast Texas, causing widespread flooding. Back-to-back typhoons hit Hong Kong. The latest rainfall forecast for the Horn of Africa indicates that above normal rains may end the region’s drought. Climate change threatens Ethiopia’s coffee industry, jeopardizing the lives of 15 million farmers. China has launched $100 billion […]
In unfolding global energy revolution, expensive and ecologically risky dams may not be right choice to generate more electricity.
The Global Rundown Conflict and drought have displaced 800,000 people in Somalia in the past seven months. One in every 45 Yemenis is expected to contract cholera before the end of the year, according to Red Cross estimates. Two UN peacekeepers were killed in the Central African Republic while trying to deliver water to conflict-affected […]
The Global Rundown The world will need to increase its rate of infrastructure investment to meet goals set for water, sanitation, and electricity access by 2040, according to a new report. Australia is investigating nearly 100 sites that may have been contaminated with PFAS chemicals. The cholera outbreak in Yemen appears to be turning a […]
