Rutgers-led team invents promising technology for killing microbes

Anything in a bath or that was in a bath can cause contamination if a scientist sidesteps ways to avoid the problem.

Engineers have developed a new way to model and track where lead particles might be transported during the partial-replacement process of lead pipes, in an effort to keep the water supply safer

Mercury levels in cormorants and petrels stable over past 50 years

The study found that some well waste from the Marcellus shale in Pennsylvania contained radioactive material not previously reported

Engineering team uses electricity to remove dangerous metal

“Farmers have many questions about what the new federal law requires of them, and how that will play out when the law is enforced at the state level," specialist says

Because of its alcohol content and the high temperatures required to make beer, most consumers might assume that contamination by biologically derived compounds is not an issue. But mycotoxins can survive the brewing process and end up in the final product. 

While the latest survey shows promising trends, researcher says there’s still much work to be done to reduce the blood lead levels of children in New Orleans and across the country

Researchers are launching a new study that could prove pivotal in determining how much of a threat the solvents pose to groundwater that ultimately becomes drinking water.