In running water in the USA, radiation and toxins were detected: how to check what you drink for free

The latest edition of the piped water database is officially online and ready for use by the general public. This free resource gives the public an idea of ​​what exactly is in their drinking water. How to use it and where to look, the newspaper said ...

Dozens of California water districts will not receive water amid deepening drought: residents are asked to save

Although it is autumn now, November has turned out to be one of the driest and warmest in California. The state is in its third year of drought. ABC7News writes about it. The deepening drought prompted the State Department of Water Resources to announce that it will not release water next year ...

Some states will restrict water consumption: this is the first such federal ban in history

On August 23, US officials announced the first-ever shortage of water from a river serving 40 million people in the Western United States. Due to a severe drought, water consumption will be reduced starting from 2022. AP News reported in more detail. ...

Cadaveric poison, feces, dirt: how the eerie contents of water towers are killing Americans

In March last year, residents of the small coastal village of Delray Beach, Florida, noticed something strange in the water coming from their taps. It was dirty and smelled bad, Yahoo says. Complaints from residents of the city led to the discovery of deposits that had accumulated inside one of ...

'Crazy stench': California beach closed due to sewage break in Mexico

The entire coastline of the beach in Southern California was closed on Friday, April 16, due to sewage contaminated with runoff flowing north of the Tijuana River in Mexico. The closure took place a week after the completion of repairs to a broken water pump in the Tijuana River, reports ...

The future is here: pedal boats with fenders are sold in the USA

Walking a bicycle on the water looks like a picture from the future. But you can do it now. It all started with a dream in which the founder of the New Zealand company Manta5 was riding his bicycle through the water. The Voice of America spoke in more detail about the unusual invention. “When he woke up ...

'It's terrible to live like this': a city in Mississippi is left without running water for the third week

In the city of Jackson, Mississippi, the water crisis has exposed long-standing problems, writes CNBC. “We can’t bathe, cook food, wash dishes, wash clothes. It’s extremely difficult,” said one resident. After more than two weeks without clean running water, the second...

Risk of cancer and heart disease: Whole Foods sells arsenic water

Consumer Reports tests have found potentially dangerous levels of arsenic in Whole Foods bottled water, USA Today writes. Whole Foods' Starkey Spring Water still contains potentially dangerous levels of arsenic, according to new tests by Consumer Reports. Bottled water sold in ...

For the first time in research history: scientists have discovered water on a planet where life is possible

Scientists have discovered water on a potentially habitable planet, but scientists will need another 10 years to fully analyze it. Writes about this BBC. Astronomers have discovered water for the first time in the atmosphere of the planet K2-18b, orbiting its star in the so-called habitable zone. And water for ...

Dangerous toxic algae discovered in two US states: the threat will increase every year

The toxic algae that has killed dogs in North Carolina is the same type of bacteria that was found in several New Jersey lakes this summer. The New York Post writes about this. It is unclear whether the cyanobacteria bloom in New Jersey is the same strain...

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