Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking ...

PFAS chemicals from firefighting foam have contaminated drinking water wells in Glocester, Rhode Island. Landfills, military sites, and industrial facilities are common sources of PFAS contamination ...

Fifty years ago, Consumer Reports published a groundbreaking investigation into the nation’s drinking water. The report was titled “Is the Water Safe to Drink?” (Download a PDF of this three-part ...

Dozens of Lake Elmo residents want the city to pay for bottled water as they wait for the state to test their private wells for PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.” The Minnesota Pollution Control ...

In Guatemala’s Western Highlands, researchers found that the drinking water people trust most may actually be the riskiest.

Over the past few months, clean water has come under the microscope thanks to a slew of research analyzing what’s in the stuff we drink. The latest is a study that has detected a previously ...