By Dan DeBaun -
Dan DeBaun

In 2012, there are still no drinking water standards for chromium-6. If Congressional supporters of the recently-passed REINS Act get their way, there never will be.

In 2012, there are still no drinking water standards for chromium-6. If Congressional supporters of the recently-passed REINS Act get their way, there never will be.

By Dan DeBaun -
Dan DeBaun

For decades, millions of Americans have been unknowingly exposed to water contaminated with perchlorate – the main component of rocket fuel and a powerful toxin that interferes with thyroid function.

For decades, millions of Americans have been unknowingly exposed to water contaminated with perchlorate – the main component of rocket fuel and a powerful toxin that interferes with thyroid function.

By Dan DeBaun -
Dan DeBaun

With a new report released last week, the Environment Integrity Project unveiled more evidence that waste from coal-fired power plants is contaminating drinking water across the country.

With a new report released last week, the Environment Integrity Project unveiled more evidence that waste from coal-fired power plants is contaminating drinking water across the country.

By Dan DeBaun -
Dan DeBaun

Water utilities nationwide may have to test drinking water for 28 additional contaminants, including perfluorochemicals (PFCs), currently unregulated by federal law according to the Environmental Protection Agency plans.

Water utilities nationwide may have to test drinking water for 28 additional contaminants, including perfluorochemicals (PFCs), currently unregulated by federal law according to the Environmental Protection Agency plans.

By Dan DeBaun -
Dan DeBaun

Well according to researchers in Canada, your morning coffee could provide a red flag to alert officials of a sewage overflow and likely bacteria contamination in local waterways.

Well according to researchers in Canada, your morning coffee could provide a red flag to alert officials of a sewage overflow and likely bacteria contamination in local waterways.

By Dan DeBaun -
Dan DeBaun

Atrazine, one of the most widely used weed-killers in the United States and more than 60 other nations, causes reproductive problems in a variety of animal species including amphibians, fish,...

Atrazine, one of the most widely used weed-killers in the United States and more than 60 other nations, causes reproductive problems in a variety of animal species including amphibians, fish,...