This may be hard to swallow, but the drinking bottle that you are dutifully carrying around with you all day to stay properly hydrated may be delivering more than water into your body.
The most commonly used plastic water bottle is made of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, which is indicated
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is out with a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for six PFAS including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA, commonly known as GenX Chemicals), perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), and perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS).
The proposed
Continue Reading National Primary Drinking Water Standards for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) proposed by EPA
The EPA and the Army, the federal agencies involved in the Clean Water Act, handed down new definitive language for “water of the United States” (WOTUS) in the form of an administrative rule on the final business day of 2022.
By doing so, EPA and the Army jumped ahead of
Continue Reading New ‘Waters of the United States’ rule rushed out ahead of SCOTUS ruling in Sackett v. EPA
The new Consumer Reports soon hitting mailboxes returns to one of CR’s old mainstays—Safe drinking water. In short order, it teaches how to check on your tap water, discloses test results for 45 bottled water brands, and runs down the facts on water filters.
It was 45 years ago that
Continue Reading Water and chemicals that never go away are subjects of Consumer Reports cover story
Imagine this, if you will. You’re a young dad. Three children, 3, 5 and 7. They’re not in school or daycare because the schools and daycare centers in your state have been closed down because of COVID-19, a coronavirus that spreads from person to person and that has already infected
Continue Reading Water shut-offs pose safety risks during coronavirus pandemic
University of Arizona researchers have created a portable method for detecting low levels of norovirus.
The analysis is done automatically by a smartphone app when a sample of water is loaded onto the chip.
Detecting very small amounts of norovirus in water or food samples typically involves a polymerase chain
Continue Reading Researchers develop method to detect low levels of norovirus
Scientists at a German institute are investigating use of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV LEDs) to destroy bacterial DNA.
Fraunhofer researchers looked at replacing conventional lamps containing mercury with ultraviolet light-emitting diodes. The technology is suitable for disinfecting brewing water, caps for bottled beer, soft drinks, and mineral water during the
Continue Reading Fraunhofer works on disinfection using UV light
The Keurig Dr Pepper company today announced a recall of an unspecified volume of its Peñafiel brand unflavored mineral spring water because an independent laboratory found “volative levels of arsenic” in samples.
The company reported the unflavored spring water was imported from Mexico. All date codes of all unflavored Peñafiel
Continue Reading Lab tests prompt Keurig Dr Pepper to recall water because of arsenic level
Catawissa, PA-based Bunge’s Meats recalled an undetermined amount of pork sausage products on Thursday that were produced with water that did not meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) drinking water standards, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). 
The various pork sausage items were
Continue Reading Water not up to EPA standards brings pork sausage recall
Being first to make recreational marijuana legal has meant Colorado is an experiment, but nobody saw this one coming. 
Hugo, CO, a town of about 730 people, located 110 miles from Denver on the Eastern Plains has reported its municipal water has tested posiive for THC, marijuana’s main psychoactive ingredient.
Continue Reading Colorado town discovers local water supply may have gone to pot
