#Drinking water

Author: Laurel Hamers / Source: Science News for Students 1) Microbes Untreated water can host plenty of harmful bacteria and viruses. That’s why starting in the early 1900s, U.S. cities began disinfecting their drinking water with chlorine. Afterward, rates of waterborne disease, such as cholera

Author: Nancy Shute / Source: Science News Disinfection of public drinking water is one of the great public health success stories of the 20th century. In 1900, outbreaks of cholera and typhoid, both caused by waterborne bacteria, were common in American cities. In 1908, Jersey City, N.J., became

Author: Laurel Hamers / Source: Science News Off a gravel road at the edge of a college campus — next door to the town’s holding pen for stray dogs — is a busy test site for the newest technologies in drinking water treatment. In the large shed-turned-laboratory, University of Massachusetts

Author: Dr. Jamie Schwandt / Source: Lifehack Have you noticed the bottles of Kombucha that line the shelves at your natural food grocery stores, or the recent offerings of a drinkable fermented milk product called Kefir? They fall into a category of fermented foods which are making a huge

Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network Since Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico back in September, the island nation has been struggling to recover – but though the process is slow and arduous, businesses and celebrities alike are offering up their own resources to help in the