The Trump administration says the Department of Defense isn't to blame for a toxic firefighting foam the military helped pioneer in the 1960s.
Even after 35 years of efforts to resolve the issue, toxic farm water is being pushed into a local park and showing up in the eggs of local bird species.
More than one million people in the San Joaquin Valley region have been exposed to unsafe drinking water in recent years from pesticides, arsenic, nitrate, and uranium. And many communities also face multiple environmental health threats.
The recent contamination illuminates just how tenuous and vital the safety of our water is.
Terry Hazen finds, studies and then uses microbes to clean up pollution deep underground, to refine oil before it is pumped and to produce the next generation of green fuels. He catches alligators sometimes, too. ...
Keeping trace contaminants out of drinking water is easier and cheaper than removing them later.
Humans are actually less likely to be harmed by traces of detergents and drugs in our drinking water than are other species.
Sterilizing the family farm may not be the best way to keep E. coli out of your salad.