Manufacturing giant 3M has agreed to pay up to $12.5 billion in order to settle hundreds of lawsuits that allege its ‘forever chemicals’ contaminated cities’ drinking water…
Video Hidden by US Navy for 6 Months Shows 34 Hours of Spewing Jet Fuel…
An estimated 20,000 gallons were leaked in the Red Hill tunnel in Hawaii. This whole catastrophe has put the community’s trust of the Navy in the toilet…
Americans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water ‘Dramatically Underestimated’…
Tap water in the United States is contaminated with toxic fluorinated chemicals at a higher rate than previously thought, according to a new report. “It’s nearly impossible to avoid contaminated drinking water from these chemicals,” David Andrews, a senior scientist at Environmental Working Group and co-author of the report published Wednesday, said. “Forever chemicals,” also […]
Ag Runoff Into Tap Water Linked to 12,000 Cancer Cases a Year…
Runoff from U.S. farms may be causing more than 12,000 cases of cancer per year as Americans drink up nitrate-polluted tap water, according to a new study published Monday in the scientific journal Environmental Research. The nonprofit Environmental Working Group conducted the groundbreaking peer-reviewed study to analyze health and economic impacts of agriculture contamination. The […]
Towing an Iceberg: One Captain’s Plan to Bring Drinking Water to 4 Million People…
Nicholas Sloane doesn’t mind discomfort. The 56-year-old South African marine-salvage master has survived two helicopter crashes and spent thousands of hours aboard ships that are burning, sinking, breaking apart, or leaking oil, chemicals, or cargo into the ocean. Often, he gets calls in the middle of the night asking him to pack his bags and […]
Dems in California Want to Tax Your Drinking Water…
In order to help disadvantaged communities obtain safe and affordable drinking water, California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing a new statewide water tax. In the newly-released 2019-20 budget, Newsom calls for the creation of a “safe and affordable drinking water fund” that would “enable the State Water Resources Control Board to assist communities, particularly disadvantaged communities, in […]
1,700 Flint Residents File Class-Action Lawsuit Against the EPA…
More than 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan, are seeking legal compensation in a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. government for the handling of the lead water crisis in their city. The litigation has been a long time coming for a community that has suffered well over two years with poisoned water and for most of […]
SHAME: Flint’s 1000-Plus Days Without Safe Drinking Water…
If you believe public health officials, lead levels in Flint, Michigan’s water have finally fallen to acceptable levels. The problem is, nobody in Flint has any faith in official pronouncements, and there’s a lot more wrong with the city’s water than just lead. It’s been more than 1000 days since the water has been safe […]
REPORT: Beyond Flint: Lead Poisonin Nationwide Epidemic…
Lead contamination in low-income communities is an even more of a severe problem across the US than initial reports from Flint, Michigan, indicated, according to new analysis from Reuters. It has been over a year since lead contamination in Flint’s drinking water became national news. The issue is nowhere near fixed, as residents…