Water pollution is top environmental issue in survey of 30,000 people across 31 countries and territories by Globescan and WWF With the world facing a worsening water crisis, a huge public survey ...

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil, and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper. The ...

Today, the Council presidency and the European Parliament’s representatives reached a provisional political agreement on a proposed directive to review and update the lists of pollutants affecting ...

Ninth Circuit hears argument in landmark lawsuit seeking to rein in pollution at thousands of unregulated factory farms Today, Food & Water Watch attorneys representing 13 groups appeared in court in ...

The Supreme Court ruled last year that rivers that only flow in response to weather events -- called ephemeral streams -- do not fall under the protection of the Clean Water Act. New research suggests ...

10 Aquapreneurs selected from over 270 applicants Winners showcased innovations from PFAS destruction, household filtration to nature-based water treatment Financial support of CHF 1.75 million ...

This microplastic-derived dissolved organic matter (MPs-DOM) differs fundamentally from natural organic matter in water and may alter microbial activity, pollutant behavior, and carbon cycling across ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is prodding the state of Alaska over its failure to update water pollution rules. On Thursday, the EPA issued a formal determination that the state should ...

From safe beaches, to affordable drinking water, to their own family members and lives, Iowans are losing a lot to factory farms’ pollution. Leaders must act. From safe beaches, to affordable drinking ...

Philiswa Nomngongo works for the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein, 2028, South Africa. She receives funding from Water ...