drinking water

Inorganic arsenic may be a factor in diabetes, according to a new study. Thirteen million Americans are exposed to unsafe levels of inorganic arsenic through their drinking water.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- With trace amounts of pharmaceuticals showing up in the drinking water of major cities, authorities are encouraging consumers around the Great Lakes to drop off leftover and expired medicine at collection centers....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency was lambasted during a Senate hearing Tuesday for allowing the American public to learn that traces of pharmaceuticals are in much of the nation's drinking water from an Associated Press investigative series, not the federal government....

A recent look at what is known about the health effects of drinking water reveals that most supposed benefits are not backed by solid evidence.

The findings indicate that most people do not need to worry about drinking their recommended 8 glasses of 8 ounces of water per day.

The editorial is published in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

The Washington area's drinking water contains trace amounts of six commonly used drugs that typically turn up in wastewater and cannot be filtered out by most treatment systems.