Polluted rain runoff from big box parking lots could see a crackdown

California cities are paying high costs to clean up water pollution running off parking lots. Environmental groups say the ...
PBS

Georgia Officials Watched, Waited as Carpet Mills Polluted Water With Toxic Chemicals

Northwest Georgia reckons with sickness and litigation after residents drank contaminated water for decades. State regulators did little to stem forever chemicals as they spread through the region.
CNN

Highly microplastic-polluted US coastal waters linked to serious health risks, study finds

Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Greener newsletter. Our limited newsletter series guides you on how to minimize your personal role in the climate crisis — and reduce ...
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Five decades after Clean Water Act, half of US waters too polluted to swim or fish

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Voted into law a half-century ago, the Clean Water Act of 1972 is still far from achieving its ambitious goals. The landmark law aimed to make U.S. waters safe for swimming and ...

Clermont drinking water supply at 'imminent risk of contamination'

Waste from the site of the former Beckjord power plant is threatening the source of water for 145,000 Clermont County ...
Phys.org

Discarded oyster shells may pull rare earth metals from polluted water

New research from a team at Trinity College Dublin has unearthed a cheap and environmentally friendly new option for removing pollutants from our water. The key? Oyster shells that would ordinarily ...
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Voices: Our water is polluted and dangerous – why is it so hard to hold anyone responsible?

There’s a drinking spring in our village that, for around 175 years, has been used to slake the thirst of passers-by. Whether future generations will be able to drink from it is now in doubt. And ...