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Toxic Cyanobacteria Choke Water Systems Around …

WebThe entire project is a response to the severe drought year of 2014, when lake levels plunged and the cyanobacteria grew from a nuisance to a threat, a situation …

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URL: https://www.circleofblue.org/2021/world/toxic-cyanobacteria-choke-water-systems-around-californias-clear-lake/

EPA Restarts Assessment of Health Risks from Nitrate in Water

WebThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, reversing a Trump-era decision, is restarting a human health assessment of nitrate and nitrite, a move that has potentially …

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Costs of Water Pollution, a Global Scourge, …

WebBy Brett Walton, Circle of Blue. The world’s water challenges, messy as they are, can be neatly summarized: Too much, too little, too dirty. An eye-opening World Bank report …

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HotSpots H2O: In Ethiopian Conflict, Water Insecurity and Disease …

WebAmid the water crisis, people in Tigray are also at high risk for diseases, such as measles, malaria, and Covid-19, due to the lack of health services, according to the …

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Septic System Pollution Contributes to Disease Outbreaks

WebFamilies and businesses that use a private well for drinking water are most vulnerable to diseases spread by septic systems. More than 44 million people in the …

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Harmful Algal Blooms in Clear Lake, California

WebA Lake Out Of Balance. The sample results, and the work Ryan and Kennedy have done to promote and explain the implications for public health and the recreational …

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Healthcare Facilities in Developing Countries a High Risk for

WebBrett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of …

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Federal Water Tap, November 13: EPA Takes Next Step in Nitrate …

WebThe Rundown. EPA’s health assessment division releases protocol for evaluating nitrate in drinking water.; EPA orders Minnesota to respond to nitrate pollution …

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Report: Updated Laws and Collaboration Needed to Control …

WebBy Brett Walton, Circle of Blue. A collection of top infectious disease experts, microbiologists, engineers, and health officials warns that federal, state, and local laws, …

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Flint Water Crisis

WebA despondent father talks about his sons’ lead poisoning. Davon Davenport, a 9 year-old fourth grader in Flint, used to get A’s and B’s in his classes. But his grades have …

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HotSpots H2O: Water Scarcity in Palestinian Territories Puts …

WebElena Bruess writes on the intersection of environment, health, and human rights for Circle of Blue and covers international conflict and water for Circle of Blue’s …

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Explainer: Who regulates U.S. drinking water, and how

WebCongress passed the landmark law in 1974 during a decade marked by accumulating evidence of cancer and other health damage caused by industrial …

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New Report Sparks Questions and Controversy Over Possible …

WebBinge drinking doubted as cause of Iowa’s rising cancer incidence. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – March 5, 2024. Amid increasing scrutiny of a potential link …

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Des Moines River ‘Essentially Unusable’ for Drinking Water due to …

WebThe Des Moines River is “essentially unusable” as a drinking water source for 500,000 central Iowans because of toxins from algae, leaders of the Des Moines …

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CDC Estimates Costs of Waterborne Pathogens in the United States

WebCDC Estimates Costs of Waterborne Pathogens in the United States. Healthcare cost of infectious waterborne disease in the United States tops $3.3 billion, …

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‘Mass Aging’ of Dams a Global Safety and Financial Risk, UN …

WebA global dam-building binge that spanned the early- to mid-20th century is now reaching a turning point, according to a report published by the United Nations …

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children

WebAn investigation by Circle of Blue uncovered compelling evidence for why — agrochemical contamination in Nebraska’s surface, ground, and drinking water. The …

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“We Can’t Sit Back” – Amid Polluted Water and Climbing Cancer …

WebBy Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – December 18, 2023. Articles in this project are edited by Carey Gillam, managing editor of The New Lede. Faced with a …

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US Regulators Order Minnesota to Clean Up Nitrate Contaminated …

WebConcern Across Corn Belt. Nitrate contamination risks extends well beyond Minnesota. In June, in a separate action, the E.P.A. said it would formally assess the risk …

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New York Water a Power Issue as Natural Gas Companies Hit Rock …

WebToxic Terrain; The Biggest Dry: Arizona; Nebraska Nitrate Contamination; Lake Mead; Water and Financial Risks; California Drought; Septic Infrastructure in the U.S.

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Lake Erie Ecosystem Priority

WebForeword The problem of excess nutrients in Lake Erie and resulting algal blooms has challenged scientists and troubled the public for more than 50 years.

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