Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome
A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
Water
Reporting on water issues across the Mississippi River Basin, including water quality, conservation, infrastructure and the communities that depend on this vital resource.
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Mississippi River shipping infrastructure is aging. Who should pay for the repairs?
Around 175 million tons of freight travels on the Mississippi River each year, and from the river’s headwaters to
Rail merger means more hazmat shipped along upper Mississippi
A recently completed merger between two of the country’s top-tier rail lines will send more trains along the
Are thousands of Americans being poisoned by PFAS in their tap water?
Comments by EPA Administrator Michael Regan last month indicate a growing consensus that ‘forever chemicals’ are taking a serious toll on Americans’ health.
Kentucky suing DuPont over years of chemical contamination from upstream W.Va. plant
Kentucky is taking one of the country’s biggest chemical companies to court, alleging a legacy of chemical pollution from
Sprawling $50M Mississippi River restoration project proposed
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a new Mississippi River restoration project, starting with a 39-mile
As train wreck pollution heads downstream, water utilities assure safety
Plume could dilute beyond detection within days
Destroying ‘forever chemicals’ is a technological race that could become a multibillion-dollar industry
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — How do you destroy pollution so stubborn, it’s nicknamed “forever chemicals”? That’s a question researchers and
Pumping Mississippi River water west: solution or dream?
Waves of torrential rainfall drenched California into the new year. Snowpacks in the Sierra Nevada Mountains have swelled to more
The Supreme Court could end protections for some wetlands, threatening water and wildlife
The remnants of the old levee are still visible at The Nature Conservancy's Emiquon Preserve in central Illinois,
Congress approves ecosystem restoration program for lower Mississippi River
Congress has approved $40 million for ecological restoration in the lower Mississippi River — the first federal program of its kind
‘Forever Chemicals’ detected at five locations in Lower Mississippi
NEW ORLEANS — Some of the “forever chemicals” that scientists have linked to various health risks were found at five locations
The Black carp now established in parts of the Mississippi River basin
The black carp, one of four invasive species of carp in North America, has made it into the Mississippi River