Over 62 million Americans — roughly 1 in 5 people — may be exposed to potentially dangerous levels of nitrates in their tap water, a new report has shown. A compound of nitrogen and oxygen found ...

Tests of intelligence and brain function showed the same results whether or not people drank fluoridated water growing up, a highly anticipated, long-term study found. Subscribe to read this story ...

Jessica Curran, left, and her daughter react in March as Lewiston Water Department worker Randy Gauthier and others work to drain water that flowed down Diamond Court after a 12-inch water main broke ...

AMES, Iowa – Owners of private wells can connect with local experts and access funding to test their wells by attending one of several workshops being held across the state in March and April. The ...

For the first time, the US Environmental Protection Agency is including microplastics and pharmaceuticals on the list of drinking-water contaminants that the agency is considering for regulation. EPA ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced a massive joint effort to measure, understand and remove microplastics and ...

Tiny fragments of plastic have been found in nearly every organ in the body, including the brain and lungs. For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency is adding these microplastics to a ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to propose to study microplastics and pharmaceuticals in what could be the first step toward drinking water limits for these substances. The Trump ...

How do microplastics and pharmaceutical medications affect the safety of the nation’s tap water? It’s a question the US Environmental Protection Agency says it will try to answer for the first time.

IN BY THE TIME POLLS CLOSE. NEW TONIGHT IOWA’S WATER MONITORING SYSTEM IS AT RISK OF LOSING FUNDING AS SOON AS JUNE. FARMERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES ARE URGING LAWMAKERS TO RESTORE FUNDING BEFORE ...

Greater Cincinnati Water Works has started locally canning city tap water. Officials say it started as a way to meet new state regulations, but has expanded as a program that supports local businesses ...