(Natural News) Pharmaceutical manufacturing sites are among the primary contributors of drug contamination that has polluted rivers all over the world, according to a U.K. study. Moreover, it was found that pharmaceutical contamination of rivers is significantly more widespread than initially assumed, and it now constitutes a worldwide hazard to the environment and human health. […]

(Natural News) A new study from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that forever chemicals are even more toxic than scientists initially believed. The agency said that it was asking the Scientific Advisory Board to review scientific documents about the health impact of per- and polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic […]

(Natural News) A new analysis of tap water in the United States found that at least 56 new toxic substances have contaminated the drinking water of Americans over the last two years, including “forever chemicals,” pesticides and radioactive materials. This shocking revelation was made public by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), an environmental advocacy organization, in its November […]

(Natural News) Citizens in Washington, D.C., are exposed to toxins in their daily lives, and the government is consistently looking the other way. In late July, the District of Columbia’s Statehood Green Party sent a letter to the Director of Washington D.C. Department of Energy & Environment, Tommy Wells, warning him of unregulated per- and polyfluoroalkyl […]

(Natural News) Groundwater near at least six military sites in the Great Lakes region contains high levels of toxic yet widely used “forever chemicals.” The Environmental Working Group (EWG) reported that perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have contaminated water in the Great Lakes. PFAS are a risk to people who eat fish caught within the polluted […]

(Natural News) A chemical manufacturer in Michigan nearly poisoned a small town after mistakenly sending it drums filled with sulfuric acid. The New Baltimore Water Plant, the main water treatment facility for the small town of 14,000 people, routinely adds chemicals to the water supply. The plant does this under the mistaken belief that these chemicals – including […]

(Natural News) A machine that “eats” garbage floating in the water has been cleaning up the bays of Baltimore. Called Mr. Trash Wheel, the 50-foot-long contraption has gobbled up more than three million pounds of trash in the historic Inner Harbor since its debut in 2014, according to CNET. John Kellett, founder of Clearwater Mills, a locally owned and operated logistics company, […]

(Natural News) New monitoring data shows that rainwater in the Great Lakes contains dangerous levels of “forever chemicals,” or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Researchers with the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network, a monitoring program funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and managed by Indiana University, collected samples of ambient air and rainwater from six different sites across the Great Lakes […]

(Natural News) Oxygen levels in nearly 400 lakes across the United States and Europe have significantly dropped over the past 80 years, according to a study led by researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York. Published Wednesday, June 2, in Nature, it showed that oxygen levels fell 5.5 percent in surface waters and 18.6 percent in deep waters of the affected […]

(Natural News) A new study published in the journal Nature Sustainability found that plastic items used for packaging takeout food and drinks contributed nearly half of the plastics in the world’s oceans. Researchers arrived at this finding after examining 36 global inventories of marine trash from seven major aquatic environments. The researchers found that only 10 plastic products make up 75 […]