Fishing for DNA – how a cup of river water can reveal secrets about human health, pollution and biodiversity

The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways and their ...
Phys.org

Toxic well water harms dogs before humans, study shows

Dogs drink water wherever they happen to find it—a puddle, a pond, a toilet. But the stuff in their actual water bowls almost always comes from the same tap their owners use. When that water is ...
Miami Herald

45% of the nation’s tap water contains chemicals that may be harmful to humans, experts warn

Illustration of a tap water open in Lyon France on January 9 2025. ELSA BIYICK Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images The numbers keep climbing. In 2023, a U.S. Geological Survey study found at least 45% of ...
Human Rights Watch

Without Water, We Are Nothing

María, a 41-year-old Indigenous Maya woman from Guatemala lives without access to running water. Three times a week, she makes a two-hour round trip to collect water from a well or ravine, sometimes ...
Human Rights Watch

“Without Water, We Are Nothing”

María Osorio Osorio, a 41-year-old Indigenous Maya woman from the municipality of Santa María Chiquimula, in Guatemala’s Totonicapán department, lives without access to running water. Three times a ...