Of 345 water systems in eight Northeast Pennsylvania counties, only one – Hazleton’s – fluoridates its drinking water, according to state data supplied to the federal Centers for Disease ...

About 2 million people nationwide — equivalent to Nebraska’s entire population — do not have running water, and this lack of basic drinking water services tends to occur in clusters ...

One program that survived, though, was the EPA’s effort to monitor public drinking water systems for almost 30 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. They’re part of a class of ...

See the Drinking Water Orders page for more information about the different types of Drinking Water Orders issued to public water systems.

Utah has become the first state in the U.S. to ban adding fluoride to its public drinking water systems as concerns about the decades-long practice continue to grow, fueled in part by the Make ...

Share on Pinterest Health agencies and experts recommend fluoride in drinking water at low levels (currently 0.7 mg/L in the U.S.) to promote dental health. LukaTDB/Getty Images HHS Secretary ...

Safe drinking water is non negotiable but who wants the headache of constant maintenance. With so many purifiers on the market, finding one that keeps water clean without endless filter changes or ...

In South Florida, drinking water comes from the Everglades, a vast landscape of wetlands that has long filtered the water relied on by millions of people. But as the Everglades has shrunk over the ...

Millions of Americans still lack basic access to clean drinking water, and a new national study has uncovered how this crisis plays out unevenly across the country. Counties in West Virginia, North ...

The city has a history of protecting its water resources and views this easement as crucial for maintaining clean drinking water. PORTSMOUTH — The City Council voted this week to bond as much as ...

Drinking water can help support healthy blood pressure, but it doesn’t usually lower it unless you’re dehydrated. Since blood is about 90% water, dehydration can reduce blood volume and cause blood ...

New data released by the EPA show that nearly half of people in the U.S. have drinking water contaminated by toxic “forever chemicals,” or PFAS New data recently released by the Environmental ...