A federal court ruling in California has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to address the potential impacts of fluoride in drinking water because high levels could impact children’s IQ levels. Because of this ruling, the City of Abilene has immediately stopped adding fluoride to its drinking water.
Without power to run water treatment plants, city and state officials across Texas are pleading with residents to conserve water and are issuing boil-water notices. The warnings not to consume water out of the tap began in many places as early as Monday, but as of Wednesday night many municipalities had expanded those orders as … [Read more…]
Beverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap, a pump working overtime to no effect. But it still did not prepare her for the night in June when she turned on the tap and discovered the tiny town where … [Read more…]