Water Pollution

In 2017, malaria killed 435,000 people around the world. The vast majority of these deaths 403,000 were on the African continent. Most malaria cases are in sub-Saharan Africa. My colleagues and I at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases track mala…

Private wells used for drinking water in Iowa face widespread contamination due to agricultural practices, according to a new report out Wednesday, highlighting the latest in a series of major drinking water issues unfolding across the country. Authored by t…

Thisstory was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of theClimate Desk collaboration. One humid July day, the Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun stood in front of an alley sandwiched by two warehouses at the factory of an Apple sup…

Researchers have developed an algorithm that uses satellite imagery to rapidly pinpoint industrial livestock farms, manifold faster than humans can do by manually analyzing maps. Now, the researchers think their new analytical tool could help regulators to id…

If youve ever listened to a podcast, youve probably heard of Blue Apron. Its just one of the many meal kit delivery services that have sprung up over the last seven years, delivering preassembled meal kits to the homes of their subscribers. Think of them as L…

Fashion is one of Earths most resource-intensive, environment-polluting industries. Manufacturing clothing requires vast quantities of water, international transport, and laborand after all that, clothes regularly get thrown away after just a few months or ye…

By Michael ChaweMore than 2,000 villagers in Zambia have won the second round of their unprecedented search for compensation over water pollution by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a subsidiary of UK's Vedanta Resources. The villagers have since 2007 been seekin…

When the Passover holiday begins on Friday at sundown, Jewish people around the world will celebrate by retelling the biblical story of the Exodus from Egypt — including the 10 plagues that God inflicted on the Ancient Egyptians. As the Passover story tells …