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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

SEE HIGH LEVELS LIKE LIKE WE DID PREVIOUSLY, OVER THE PAST DECADES IN SCHOOLS FOR SOME OF THE PRIVATES LINES, WE COULD SEE ELEVATED LEVELS? YES, BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A LEAD SERVICE LINE. AND NOW ON ...

Few Tucsonans are reusing household water to irrigate their landscaping, an indication that Tucson’s 12-year-old “gray water” ordinance is failing to help conserve the region’s dwindling resources.