When wildfires swept through the hills near Santa Cruz, California, in 2020, they released toxic chemicals into the water supplies of at least two communities. One sample found benzene, a carcinogen, ...

A landmark federal commitment to fund the elimination of a toxic national legacy—lead drinking water pipes—promises to improve the public health outlook for millions of people across the U.S. But it ...

A California appeals court ruled Nov. 17 that PEX (cross-linked polyethylene) pipe will be subject to California Environmental Quality Act review before it can be installed for drinking water in ...

How many more environmental incidents need to occur before we get serious about curbing our addiction to plastic? Officials made the decision to burn off vinyl chloride, a volatile chemical that they ...

NEW: A Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association official has a rebuttal to the Beyond Plastics report covered in this story. Read the detailed update here. Bennington, Vt.-based Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit ...

A report from a coalition of U.S. environmental advocacy groups has warned of the health risks of PVC plastic and urged public officials against using the material in community drinking water pipes.

More than 4,500 feet of critical water main pipe on John Gray Road will be replaced this spring. The project will replace the deteriorating 50-year-old iron piping underground between Pleasant Avenue ...

Microscopic pieces of plastic are everywhere. Now, they've been found in bottled water in concentrations 10 to 100 times more than previously estimated. Researchers from Columbia University and ...

SACRAMENTO — Somewhere along the campaign trail, someone gave Arnold Schwarzenegger a word of advice: plastics. He evidently was listening. High on the new governor’s to-do list is a pledge to resolve ...

CONCORD, New Hampshire -- A New Hampshire company is redefining what it means to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Plastic Recycled makes products out of 100% plastic waste, creating a sustainable solution ...

Jen Muggleton receives funding from the EPSRC and UK Water Industry Research. The UK is losing a staggering 3 billion litres of water each day through leaky pipes. The issue is not limited to the UK ...