Scientists from Texas A&M University recently conducted an overview of 14 studies to observe the impact drinking water laced with agricultural chemicals has on pregnant women and their unborn babies. The research looked at studies published over the last decade and a half, and specifically focused on agricultural areas. The study was led by Jean […]

Drinking water in West Texas may be laced with extremely harmful chemicals linked to brain cancer, leukemia and birth defects, according to health officials warning of a potential catastrophe. Heavy rains triggered flooding across the Lone Star State in recent months, causing an array of noxious fracking chemicals to be washed into local waterways. Emergency […]

As the old saying goes, “Everything is bigger in Texas,” and unfortunately that does not exclude toxic industrial admissions. A new analysis conducted by Environment Texas and the Environmental Integrity Project found that 68 million pounds of air pollution, the majority of which was released illegally, entered into the atmosphere last year. About “679 industrial […]

Several counties in Texas have drinking water laced with a group of disinfectant chemicals that may cause damage to the liver, kidney, and thyroid. Exceedingly high levels of trihalomethanes (THM) were recently found in drinking water in Kyle, Blanco, and Hutto. The discovery angered some Texans who say they were not issued proper warnings, and […]

It’s no secret that California is prone to earthquakes. In 2008, researchers predicted the Golden State has a 99 percent chance of having a magnitude 6.7 or larger quake before the year 2040, and a 46 percent chance of having a magnitude 7.5 or greater quake. To put that into perspective, the infamous earthquake that […]

Some 50,000 Texans are drinking tap water contaminated with potentially unsafe levels of arsenic, according to a Washington, D.C.- and Austin-based environmental group. The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) reviewed more than a decade’s worth of data and discovered that 34 Texas communities “have violated the Safe Drinking Water standard for arsenic,” for at least the […]