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 ...

Boiling tap water before use can remove at least 80 per cent of the tiny, potentially harmful plastic particles it contains. Nano and microplastics (NMPs) are pieces of plastics like polystyrene, ...

Almost half of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with chemicals known as “forever chemicals,” according to a study from the US Geological Survey. In June 2022, based on the latest ...

Boiling and filtering tap water, researchers suggest, could reduce concentrations of microplastics by more than 80 percent. Ervins Strauhmanis via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 Microplastics have become a ...

A century-old engineering decision has led to a modern-day water crisis in US. Nearly 60 million Americans may not know they're drinking from toxic metal in present day, according to the Natural ...

Kelly Ann Naylor is Vice-Chair, UN-Water and Associate Director for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Michela Miletto is Coordinator, World Water ...

Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance “for the first time in human history,” fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc on economies, food production and lives, according ...