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03/01/2024
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By Ava Grace
Groundwater reserves in the United States are being depleted at alarming rates
The United States is racing toward a water crisis. All across the country, groundwater reserves are being depleted at a dangerous rate. The impact of their depletion could be disastrous for America and the global food supply. An investigation found that 45 percent of the more than 80,000 groundwater wells surveyed across the nation showed a […]
02/27/2023
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By JD Heyes
Toxic wastewater from East Palestine train derailment heading to Texas to be injected into the earth
Even though state and federal officials have been saying for weeks now that the water in and around East Palestine, Ohio, is safe to consume and there’s no worry at all, much of it is now slated for transport to Texas because it is ‘toxic’ and must be ‘disposed of properly’, according to a Friday […]
02/22/2023
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By Lance D Johnson
See which states have the highest vinyl chloride contamination exposure
East Palestine, Ohio was just bombarded with an estimated 1.1 million pounds of vinyl chloride – a well-known human carcinogen. Norfolk Southern were allowed to deliberately release the 1.1 million pounds of vinyl chloride from five of their derailed tanker cars, so authorities could extinguish fires and clear the tracks. Then, the vinyl chloride was […]
01/31/2023
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By Ethan Huff
Groundwater reserves drying up across Europe; continent “on the verge” of “catastrophic drought”
Scientists are warning that catastrophic drought conditions across Europe threaten to dry up groundwater reserves. Surface water levels have remained relatively stable since 2018 up until recently when persistent heatwaves and lack of rain started causing them to drop. This puts Europe on the edge of a water disaster, says Dr. Torsten Mayer-Gürr, a professor […]
05/14/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Groundwater wells worldwide at risk of going dry, study finds
In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers warn that wells in the United States and more than 35 other countries could dry out if groundwater levels drop by only a few feet. Researchers Scott Jasechko and Debra Perrone, both water resources engineers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, arrived at this finding after analyzing nearly […]
05/05/2021
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By Ethan Huff
California finally going after Nestle for stealing tens of millions of gallons of groundwater for corporate profit
Officials in the Golden State have drafted a cease-and-desist order against Nestle for allegedly stealing millions of gallons of water from the forests of San Bernardino. Nestle, which bottles said water under the Arrowhead brand, is permitted to extract 2.3 million gallons per year of the water, but a new report claims the company has […]
04/23/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Unsafe levels of strontium found in drinking water of 2.3 million Americans – study
A study from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) shows that the drinking water of 2.3 million Americans contains unsafe levels of naturally occurring strontium, a metal that can negatively impact bone health in children. MaryLynn Musgrove, a scientist at the USGS’s Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center and the author of the study, found that more than two percent of water […]
04/30/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
America’s search for fresh water goes in too deep
Groundwater sources all over the United States are going dry, and new wells are being dug deeper and deeper to try and find more water. However, advocates are concerned that drilling deeper for water isn’t the solution. Researchers Debra Perrone and Scott Jasechko from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara) published the first ever […]
07/09/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Shocking: Groundwater in nearly HALF of U.S. states are contaminated with coal ash
Power utilities reported finding dangerous concentrations of coal ash in groundwater sources located near power plants. The toxic pollutant appeared in water sources in at least 22 states. Confronted with the magnitude of their pollution, the utilities promised to clean up the industrial waste produced by their coal power plants. Every year, coal power plants generate more than 100 […]
05/15/2019
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By Janine Acero
Study reveals that microplastics are even found in groundwater sources such as fractured limestone aquifers
Microplastics have now wormed their way into groundwater systems. A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the first to report the presence of microplastics in fractured limestone aquifers, a groundwater source that accounts for 25 percent of the global drinking water supply. Their findings were published in the […]
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