Sentient reports nearly 20% of Americans are drinking nitrate-contaminated water, which poses serious health risks linked to industrial agriculture.

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When wildfires devastated a wide swath of Los Angeles last winter, officials warned residents of several ZIP codes not to drink the water, or boil it first if they must. They worried that soot, ash, ...

In 2017, after the Tubbs Fire blazed through parts of California’s wine country, a Santa Rosa resident returned home to one of the few structures left standing in his fire-scarred neighborhood. He ...

Lynbrook, N.Y.: A glass of water from the reverse osmosis water filtration system inside a home in Lynbrook, New York on March 12, 2020. (Photo by Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images) One of the ...

When officials went looking for the source of forever chemicals in the drinking water in Gadsden, Alabama, they determined that it didn’t come from anywhere nearby. On Monday afternoons, Fred Zackery ...

STELLA, Wis.(AP) — Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking private drinking water wells across Wisconsin for a widely ...

STELLA, Wis. — Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking private drinking water wells across Wisconsin for a widely used ...

Access to usable water in our homes is an incredible privilege. According to the World Health Organization, only about 73% of the world's population can access safe drinking water. While it's easy to ...

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