by Dan Ross | Oct 23, 2025 | Agriculture, Biodiversity Crisis, California, Climate Crisis, DOGE, DOGE cuts, Drinking Water, fresh water, groundwater, groundwater depletion, India, Iran, News, resource scarcity, Water, Water crisis
India is the thirstiest user of groundwater in the world, sucking up more of this valuable resource than both the U.S. and China combined. Indeed, the country relies on groundwater (like lakes and rivers) to keep its crops irrigated, its industries running, and its people quenched. In some rural communities, as much as 85 percent of their drinking water is pumped from underground.
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by Sharon Lerner | Oct 20, 2025 | Drinking Water, EPA, forever chemicals, News, Public Health, Trump Administration
This spring, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency completed a report on the toxicity of a “forever chemical” called PFNA, which is in the drinking water systems serving some 26 million people. The assessment found that PFNA interferes with human development by causing lower birth weights and, based on animal evidence, likely causes damage to the liver and to male reproductive systems…
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