(Natural News) Repeated exposure to low levels of fluoride may be toxic to the kidneys and liver of children, found a study published in the journal Environment International. Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai examined how fluoride levels in water and blood may relate to renal and liver health. They found that […]

(Natural News) Consider keeping a sanitizer in flight – a study found that airplane water is contaminated with disease-causing bacteria. Most American airlines at the regional and national level had dirty water systems onboard their planes, according to the study released by the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center and the website Diet Detective. Researchers examined the tap water of […]

(Natural News) Many Americans rely on tap water for their drinking water. Modern sanitation technologies made it possible to eliminate biological contaminants from public water systems, making tap water clean drinking. But another threat to safe water has emerged in the past years. Research found that domestic water systems in the United States are exposed to a […]

(Natural News) Iowa farmers suffer back-to-back blows after a dramatic drought hits the state following the August 10 derecho. The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) reported that about 60 percent of Iowa is currently affected by drought while almost the entire state is dry. West-central Iowa is experiencing the most extreme drought among all divisions of the state. […]

(Natural News) Single-use plastics, like cutleries, plastic bags and food containers, constitute a huge chunk of the plastics accumulating in landfills or disintegrating in the oceans as microplastics. Plastic consumption has taken a huge toll on both land and sea, affecting not just marine life but flora and fauna, too. Countries around the globe had been […]

(Natural News) Consumer waste like plastics pose a huge threat to marine life for various reasons. Apart from their durability and slow biodegradability, plastics also contain and attract toxic contaminants that can accumulate inside aquatic animals if they’re ingested. Over the past few decades, scientists have been sounding the alarm on the increasing amount of plastics found polluting the world’s oceans. […]

(Natural News) Scientists are gearing up for an expedition deep off Florida’s gulf coast in August. The scientists, with help from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are looking to probe the Green Banana — a mysterious blue hole that begins 155 feet below the ocean’s surface. Blue holes are underwater sinkholes that form when rainwater dissolves a hole through limestone rock. They are […]

(Natural News) Plastic waste has unfortunately become ubiquitous in oceans and rivers today, posing a serious environmental hazard to marine creatures, ecosystems and people. In a bid to mitigate the ever-growing pollution of the world’s oceans, researchers from Australia have developed a way to clean water sources of microplastics without harming the microorganisms that live in […]

(Natural News) Lead in the water is one of the most common reasons of heavy metal poisoning in children. This toxic substance ends up in drinking water when plumbing materials, such as old pipes, faucets and fixtures that contain lead corrode. Corrosion, or the wearing away of metal, can be caused by many factors, such […]

(Natural News) Freitag, a fashion company based in Zurich, Switzerland, is creating clothes that are 100 percent compostable – down to the last thread. After two to five months of use, they will begin decomposing, leaving nothing behind, contributing to the fight against clothing waste. Founded by brothers Markus Freitag and Daniel Freitag in 1993, […]