When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa’s largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around $16,000 a day to run a special system to filter out dangerous nitrates. It’s ...

A cruise ship docks in Skagway during the 2025 summer season. Federal data shows the ship, which is named the Koningsdam, is among more than a dozen that have reported violations of scrubber discharge ...

Wastewater pollution levels are higher inside many marine protected areas than in nearby unprotected areas, according to a ...

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil, and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper. The ...

Despite the control measures and regulations in place, industrial water pollution is still a problem in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that thousands of ...