Black and Hispanic people were found to be more likely to have contaminated drinking water, meaning that poor water quality disproportionately affects non-white people, the study reveals.

Over 97 million Americans have been exposed to toxic, unregulated contaminants in their drinking water that could harm their health, according to a new study that adds to growing concerns about ...

As evacuation orders are lifted, safe drinking water should be top of mind for those residents able to return to their homes. What many people don’t realize is the extent to which their ...

The Safe Drinking Water Act is a federal law that sets quality standards for the systems that provide Americans with drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency uses a weighted point ...

It can take weeks to months of testing before water can be declared safe for drinking in areas with minimal damage. That is sometimes a best-case scenario. In the Paradise Fire, most buildings burned.

A group of potentially toxic “forever chemicals,” mostly coming from prescribed drugs, may be contaminating drinking water for millions of Americans, as wastewater treatment plants fail to ...

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