Decades of research have demonstrated that diabetes affects racial and ethnic minority and
low-income adult populations in the US disproportionately, with relatively intractable …

Centralized water infrastructure has, over the last century, brought safe and reliable drinking
water to much of the world. But climate change, combined with aging and underfunded …

Water and sanitation (wastewater) infrastructure in the United States is aging and
deteriorating, with massive underinvestment over the past several decades. For many years …

Background: Evidence suggests that the 44.5 million US residents drawing their drinking
water from private wells face higher risks of waterborne contaminant exposure than those …

In 1990, the last time the decennial census included a question on domestic drinking water
source, it was estimated that private domestic water wells (PDWs) supplied household water …

Private well stewardship, including on-going testing and treatment, can ensure private well
users are able to maintain source-water quality and prevent exposures to potentially harmful …

Background In 2006, the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maximum
contaminant level for arsenic in public water systems (10 μg/L) took effect. We aimed to …

Early life exposure to environmental lead (Pb) has been linked to decreased IQ, behavior
problems, lower lifetime earnings, and increased criminal activity. Beginning in the 1970s …

To investigate the effects of unequal supply hours on consumers' coping strategies and
perceptions of the intermittent water supply (IWS) in the Kathmandu Valley (KV), Nepal we …

Pesticide residues in groundwater, mainly transported from contaminated soil, may threaten
drinking water sources and cause adverse health effects. Therefore, pesticide groundwater …