Study: Unsafe toxin level in D.C. water
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Unsafe levels of toxic chlorine pollutants were found in 40 percent of the District of Columbia tap water samples tested during a spring chlorine surge, according to a study released Thursday.
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The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority is considering scaling back its plan to replace underground lead water pipes, saying that a chemical added to the distribution system in recent years has significantly reduced lead contamination citywide.
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A toxin found in widely used flame retardants has turned up in 100 percent of nursing mothers tested in Washington and other Northwest states.
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A more refined test of the water in the Washington Aqueduct has revealed the presence of perchlorate, a toxic chemical typically found in weapons and explosives, federal officials said yesterday.
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A quarter of adults in the city have elevated levels of mercury in their blood, linked to how much fish they eat, according to survey results released Monday by the health department.
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SEATTLE - A toxic algae bloom 30 miles wide has been detected 15 miles off the northwest coast of Washington state, the largest and most potentially lethal yet found by scientists in the region.
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RICHMOND, Dec. 14 -- The Virginia Health Department announced this week that it has adopted more stringent standards for evaluating how much PCB contamination is acceptable in fish caught locally for human consumption.
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By RICHARD BURGESS  The state Department of Health and Hospitals on Friday issued swim advisories for public beaches in Cameron Parish, except one, after testing found high levels of a bacteria used as an indicator of sewage.
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As many as 160,000 Arizona homes and businesses could have been exposed to contaminated drinking water over the past eight years because overworked water-quality enforcers were unable to investigate violations fast enough, a state audit reported Thursday.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----      Contaminated Fish in Many U.S. Lakes and Rivers      Fish that may be contaminated with dioxin, mercury, PCBs and pesticides are swimming in more than one-third of the United States' lakes and nearly one-quarter of its rivers, according to a list of advisories released by the Environmental Protection Agency...
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Thousands of Marine families who lived at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina over three decades drank and bathed in water contaminated with toxins as much as 40 times over today's safety standard.
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New York City violated federal drinking water rules over the past six years by supplying incomplete results from its annual tests for lead, state health officials said yesterday.
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Tests of the water in Washington aqueduct revealed the presence of perchlorate, a toxic chemical found in weapons and explosives. Federal officials say the chemical likely
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Contaminated groundwater tainted with trichloroethylene has led to a  dangerous plume that is now affecting the air quality in homes near the  Behr-Dayton Thermal Products Plant in Dayton, Ohio. The U.S.
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According to a report just released from Environmental Protection Agency, one of every three lakes in the United States and nearly one-quarter of the nation&#39;s rivers contain enough pollution that people should limit or avoid eating fish caught there.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday advised people not to eat raw oysters harvested in a particular area of Washington state, citing bacterial illnesses that have sickened at least six people in that state and California.
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WASHINGTON -- Several outbreaks of ciguatera fish poisoning have been confirmed in consumers who ate fish harvested in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.