A report from a coalition of U.S. environmental advocacy groups has warned of the health risks of PVC plastic ... water service material, instead it uses copper and cross-linked polyethylene pipe ...

So when measured in miles of distribution pipe, plastic is forecast to make up nearly 80 percent of the nation’s water pipe inventory by 2030, according to Bluefield. Pipe material-related ...

As water utilities mobilize ... during the manufacturing process of plastic pipes and only “incredibly small amounts are left after you make the pipe.” Enck, who was an EPA regional ...

A typical one-liter (33-ounce) bottle of water contains some 240,000 plastic fragments on average, according to a new study. Many of those fragments have historically gone undetected, the ...

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the ...