Health officials: Flooding can disrupt septic systems, contaminate private wells

District Health Department #10 is urging residents to be cautious before flooding happens, as well as during cleanup and ...
Los Angeles Times

Acres of L.A. County sewage sludge threaten to contaminate Tulare Lake floodwaters

KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif. — Here at the western edge of the Tulare Lake Basin dwells a smelly industrial site the size of 150 football fields. Roughly eight times a day, its operations are replenished ...
WBUR

Research finds lab gloves can contaminate testing for microplastics, inflating numbers

When sampling the air for microplastics, researchers at the University of Michigan found that even standard lab gloves can contaminate the data. Here & Now's Lisa Mullins speaks with chemistry ...
KARE 11

A crisis emerges across the US as ‘forever chemicals’ quietly contaminate drinking water wells

STELLA, Wis.(AP) — Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking private drinking water wells across Wisconsin for a widely ...
The Conversation

Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s what Los Angeles needs to know

The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed thousands of structures, many of them homes, and firefighters continue to battle the infernos. Parts of Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and ...
Medscape

Toxic PFAS Contaminate Eggs, Meat, and Milk

Following a recent cadmium exposure alert from the Union régionale des professionnels de santé-Médecins libéraux, a French regional body representing private practice physicians, attention has shifted ...