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The Environmental Protection Agency, under pressure from the White House and the Pentagon, is poised to rule as early as today that it will not set a drinking-water safety standard for perchlorate ...
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Bottom Line: Rocket fuel in our food
Rocket fuel and mac and cheese might have more in common than you ever imagined—so much so that you might be eating them! A new Consumer Reports investigation reveals a harsh chemical more commonly ...
Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that roughly 60% of the U.S. population—about 200 million people—are served by water systems that have the chemicals PFOA or PFOS in their drinking ...
A chemical byproduct found in some treated drinking water in the U.S. that remained a mystery for more than 40 years may have finally been identified by scientists.
Researchers found thousands of plastic fragments in a liter of bottled water. Drinking more water every day is a healthy habit, but a new study has raised concerns about the container you should ...
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards ...