The World Health Organization has set a safe limit for fluoride in drinking water of 1.5. Separately, the EPA has a longstanding requirement that water systems cannot have more than 4 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water. The case was brought by Food and Water Watch...
The Biden EPA is touting its progress in fulfilling action items in its PFAS Strategic Roadmap, including adoption of drinking water and Superfund rules, but it remains uncertain whether the incoming Trump administration will advance a host of Clean Water Act (CWA) policies slated for release ove...
Chen said he left it up to the EPA which of a number of options the agency could take in response to his ruling. They range from a warning label about fluoride's risks at current levels to taking steps towards tightening restrictions on its addition to drinking water. "One thing the EPA...
Summit continued pumping produced water through the pipeline in 2014 to 2015 despite multiple warning signs that the line had ruptured: Aug. 17, 2014. Real-time pressure data collected by Summit showed a significant pressure drop, indicating a rupture had occurred. ...
WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than previously thought and pose health risks even at levels so low they cannot currently be detected. ...
Over the next five years, EPA and WHO will focus on addressing the health impacts of climate change. Ongoing efforts will address many environmental determents of health affected by climate change, including clean air and safe drinking water. Collaboration will also continue to focus on protect...
Heat Illness Prevention Plan · Establish, implement, and maintain an effective written Outdoor Heat Illness Prevention Plan that includes procedures for providing drinking water, shade, preventative rest periods, close observation during acclimatization, high-heat procedures, training, prompt emergency respo...
Dozens of military installations have been affected. Tests found drinkingwatercontamination exceeding the EPA's health advisory for a lifetime of exposure for two PFAS compounds, PFOS and PFOA. __ WHAT ABOUT WILDLIFE? Unsurprisingly, the chemicals have turned up in a variety of wildlife species, ...
As the recent crisis in Flint, Michigan, painfully brought to light, clean drinking water isn't only a global issue. CBS News has reported thatlead in America's water system is a national problem, with warning signs surfacing in cities including Newark, Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore and Milwauke...