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Water Contamination
As US Begins Crackdown on PFAS, Indigenous Communities Are Getting Left Behind
Tribal water systems have gone largely untested because many are too small to meet the EPA’s PFAS testing parameters.
At Least 45 Percent of US Tap Water Contaminated With PFAS “Forever Chemicals”
So far, the scale of contamination in local water systems and private wells outpaces detection and cleanup efforts.
Proposed PFAS Regulations Ignore Major Source of Drinking Water Contamination
Certain "precursor" compounds can transform into per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances when subjected to right conditions.
A New Study Reveals How Fracking Companies Pollute Water Without Oversight
Fracking companies used more than 282 million pounds of hazardous chemicals from 2014 to 2021.
Stop Cop City Movement Embraces National Strategy as Permit Appeal Is Denied
Plaintiffs plan to appeal the decision to the DeKalb County Georgia Superior Court as the movement expands nationally.
Water Is a Human Right. Let’s Create a Society That Affirms This.
We have come to know water as the latest casualty of late capitalism’s doctrine of scarcity.
Chemical Plant That Polluted Delaware River Forced My School to Evacuate in 2007
Who will guarantee our safety in the future when this inevitably happens again? Because it will, and it already has.
Rail Company Claims East Palestine Water Is Safe After Funding “Sloppy” Testing
The lab report indicates several testing errors that should have disqualified the results, one aquatic ecologist said.
This Prison in California Forced Incarcerated People to Drink Arsenic for Years
Thousands of people were forced to consume arsenic-laced water for years at Kern Valley State Prison.
Fuel-Contaminated Water From Aging Navy Facility Sickens Pearl Harbor Families
Hawaii Congressman Kaialii Kahele called the recurring contamination a “crisis of astronomical proportions.”