With every rinse of a sink and flush of a toilet, public health is becoming easier to track thanks to a growing practice known as wastewater monitoring or wastewater surveillance. "This is an ...

Some lawmakers in the state Capitol are looking to shore up New York’s PFAS testing requirements, hoping to catch discharges of the potentially hazardous chemicals into waterways that are ...

The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority's wastewater treatment plant. Hiding deep in the sprawling spiderweb of sewers across Allegheny County is the potential key to unlocking a major public health ...

Influenza virus binding to a respiratory tract cell. (File photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) San Diego County’s public health lab announced that it has begun publishing the ...

Consumption is at a record high along with that of cocaine, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission figures show ...

Independent testing found contaminants not included in lithium refinery's state wastewater permit, raising questions about ...

Each Tuesday, a team of scientists at the University of Alaska Anchorage spend much of their day carefully extracting and testing microscopic strands of ribonucleic acid found in a jug of wastewater ...

Scientists found opioids and antidepressants accumulating in freshwater fish, raising concerns about wastewater pollution.

According to city officials, lab testing for April showed the plant’s treated sewage contained higher-than-allowed levels of ...

Testing is nearing completion on the highly-anticipated San Mateo and Foster City wastewater treatment plant. While major construction has been completed — with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in ...

The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in ...