Apr 03 5 important medical stories that you might have missed By Dr. Amber Robins It’s easy for politics to dominate our news feeds these days. But there are many important stories in the health and medical communities, too. Here’s what we’re reading now. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 24:24 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 17, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 17, the GOP’s tax bill is expected to pass and get signed by President Trump this week. And, in the second of our two-part series on drinking water, unregulated chemicals alarm residents near the… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 24:22 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 16, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 16, more details emerge about the Republican tax bill as it nears a final vote next week, and how the lack of electricity in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria is impacting life on the… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 10:39 Long Island residents worry their tap water is unsafe By Sam Weber, Laura Fong While most of the country’s tap water is tested for hundreds of pollutants, including volatile chemicals, pesticides, metals and bacteria, it is not always safe to drink. In the first of a two-part series, NewsHour Weekend’s Hari Sreenivasan reports from… Continue watching
Oct 26 2.1 million Americans use water wells with hazardous levels of arsenic, USGS estimates By Nsikan Akpan While arsenic is an ancient health threat, this analysis offers one of the first nationwide appraisals for the groundwater contaminant and spotlights regulatory gaps in the nation’s water infrastructure. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 9:06 Worried about your water? Documentary shares stories of communities taking action By PBS News Hour The Flint, Michigan, lead contamination disaster in 2015 raised awareness about the dangers of unsafe water. A new documentary, “Troubled Water,” created by journalism students at Arizona State University, explores how communities around the nation are affected, and how grassroots… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 6:05 Puerto Ricans still don’t have reliable drinking water, and fears of contamination are rising By PBS News Hour It’s been almost a month since Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico, killing at least 48 people, but citizens on the island are still coming to grips with the scale of the devastation. William Brangham speaks with David Begnaud of CBS… Continue watching
Jan 25 Affordable water may soon dry up, especially if you live here By Nsikan Akpan Water may become unaffordable for a third of American households within the next five years, according to a Michigan State University study. Continue reading
Jan 13 U.S. to pay billions to Marines affected by contaminated drinking water By Hope Yen, Associated Press After years of waiting, veterans who were exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may now be able to receive a portion of government disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion. Continue reading
Sep 21 What is chromium-6 and how did it infiltrate America’s drinking water? By Courtney Norris A new report says that cancer-causing agent chromium-6 may flow in the drinking water of 200 million Americans. What does that mean for public health?… Continue reading