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Costs of Water Pollution, a Global Scourge, ‘Underestimated and Underappreciated’
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A new World Bank report highlights the extensive damage to health, ecosystems, and economies due to water pollution.
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‘It’s Raining Plastic’: Researchers Find Microscopic Fibers in Colorado Rain Samples
“We’re seeing plastics virtually everywhere we look,” U.S. Geological Survey researcher says.
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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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Fear and Fury in Michigan Town Where Air Force Contaminated Water
Some residents can’t drink the water or eat the fish. Now they’re…
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Straight Pipes Foul Kentucky’s Long Quest to Clean Its Soiled Waters
A two-decade mission to reduce sewage pollution still has a lot of work to finish.
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Booming Infrastructure Poisons Bangalore’s Lakes, Depletes Groundwater
Bangalore’s largest lake is so contaminated that it routinely…
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EPA Cleanup Plan for Houston Superfund Site Opposed by Industry
The San Jacinto waste pits were flooded during Hurricane Harvey.…
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Vietnam’s Tourism and Fishing Industries Drown in Waste
Plastic pollution, largely from Asia, chokes the world’s oceans.
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Nonstick Chemicals Slipped Into Water, Causing Health, Environmental, Regulatory Mess
PFASs -- used in clothing, carpets, cookware, and more -- contaminate wells across the United States.
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EPA Turns Away from CAFO Water Pollution
Inspections and enforcement have declined since 2011, but fines…
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Drinking Water Warning Issued for Nonstick Chemical
Flint lead scandal a factor in stirring action for other contaminants.
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Lawsuits in Three States Target Groundwater Pollution under Clean Water Act
U.S. water law confronts hydrology.
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