There are many rivers on earth. According to various sources, their number ranges from 2.5 to 4 billion. Throughout the history of mankind, rivers have been a source of life and prosperity, but the ...

ABSTRACT: One of the key strategies for preventing waterborne diseases, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), is household water treatment. This study aims, on the one hand, to assess ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

The study looked into a specific sample of vaping products in Virginia schools during the 2024-25 school year. It found some of the devices contained traces of coliform - a bacteria that indicates ...

BRICK -- New Jersey officials suspended shellfish harvesting on Nov. 17 in an area of Barnegat Bay off Brick due to poor water quality. On Monday, state Department of Environmental Protection ...

State and county officials are investigating water pollution in Mount Vernon's Laurel Brook following a citizen complaint. Water samples taken by a citizen activist showed E. coli and fecal coliform ...

Several Michigan beaches are under bacteria advisories — or are closed — as Michiganders head into the start of the Labor Day weekend. In a state with more than 1,000 beaches, state officials say ...

More than a dozen Michigan beaches for the second week in a row are under bacteria advisories — or are closed —as Michiganders head into the last week of August and the start of the Labor Day weekend.

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — Grant County Health District (GCHD) is warning everyone not to go to the Pelican Horn area of Moses Lake because of a sewage spill. A sewage line broke near the 1300 block of ...