Over the past few months, clean water has come under the microscope thanks to a slew of research analyzing what’s in the stuff we drink. The latest is a study that has detected a previously ...

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Sipping on a glass of warm water with some salt can do a lot more than just help you fight colds and allergies. The benefits of drinking salt water are immense. We all need a small amount of sodium or ...

Refugees along the Thai- Myanmar border express ... to improve access to clean water. The organization empowers communities to test water quality and maintain clean drinking water for better ...

Drinking hot water may be more than just a comfort drink. In traditional Chinese medicine, warm or hot water is often prescribed to help improve overall health and wellness. While more research is ...

While the change aims to simplify regulations, it imposes stricter safety requirements for manufacturers and processors. Credit: Narong Khueankaew/Shutterstock. Packaged drinking water and mineral ...

Experts weigh in on the chemicals that can be found in drinking water, how it’s regulated, and what you can do if you’re worried about your water. An employee at a San Diego water treatment ...

The byproduct has been in tap water for decades, but was hard to isolate. A chemical byproduct found in some treated drinking water in the U.S. that remained a mystery for more than 40 years may ...

Public health recommendations generally suggest drinking eight cups of water a day. And many people just assume it’s healthy to drink plenty of water. Now researchers at UC San Francisco have taken a ...

Separately, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has advocated the removal of fluoride from drinking water. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has claimed ...

Plumbed drinking water in developed countries is pretty clean, but invisible contaminants can still lurk. One mysterious “phantom chemical” has haunted drinking water for decades, and now ...

The local health unit has issued a boil water advisory to users of the Pinewood drinking water system in Pontypool. Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit medical officer of health Dr.