A global review of more than 6,000 records shows that water pollution now affects nearly half of the world’s waters.
Ravinder Kumar wades through ankle-deep sludge every day to leave his home in Sharma Enclave in northwest Delhi – yet inside the brick tenement, he does not have a drop to drink.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Voted into law a half-century ago, the Clean Water Act of 1972 is still far from achieving its ambitious goals. The landmark law aimed to make U.S. waters safe for swimming and ...
The roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells are at particular risk when harmful forever chemicals contaminate the supply.
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Mangaluru: Recent laboratory tests have once again confirmed that the water in Gujjarakere pond in Mangaluru is heavily polluted and entirely unfit for human consumption. Long regarded as a ...
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