"Pathways of pesticide movement in the hydrologic cycle." US Geological Survey, Wikimedia (no endorsement).
By Erin Fee, Staff Writer and Researcher for Save The Water™ | June 10, 2019
A 2019 study of waterways in…
Legionella, a potentially harmful bacteria often found in water sources, is just one of the microorganisms that new technologies hope to detect | Credit: Libertas Academica (through Flickr)
By Hoang-Nam Vu, Publishing Staff Writer…
Persistent Organic pollutants can easily affect human development. Photo credit: DES daughter, flickr.com
By Eric Labrador, Publishing Staff Writer & Researcher for Save The Water™ | June 11, 2018
Introduction to PCBs and PDBEs
In…
Photo Credit: Bernadette Charpentier [Public domain], Wikimedia Commons
By April Day, Staff Writer for Save the Water™ | January 26, 2017
The ocean is undergoing chemical reactions that impact marine life and humans. Local communities…
A new study conducted by Ph.D. students at Duke University this Apri, discovered high levels of ammonium, selenium, and lead in brine-laden wastewater linked to hydraulic fracturing in the Bakken region of North…
The amount of harmful chemicals that we are exposed to on a daily basis is nothing short of overwhelming. How can we expect to avoid them all? The sad truth is that we…
On January 15th, three blocks within the populous city Meerut, were declared sensitive zones: The water there is highly contaminated. As the Pollution Control Board (PCB) later found out, the reason for this…
An estimated 80,000 chemicals are available for commercial use in the United States and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has only been able to restrict the use of less than 10. It is…
The Nolichucky River runs through the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and flows into Tennessee before joining the French Broad River. It is home to a variety of wildlife and is…
Writing in The New York Times, ocean expert Charles Moore described a recent voyage during which he and his colleagues conducted research into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch one of several gyres, or…
