#watercontamination — Public Fediverse posts
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#Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply?
The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”
By Alice Callahan and Caroline Hopkins Legaspi
July 21, 2026Excerpt: "Several cyclospora outbreaks linked to raspberries in the late 1990s illustrated one way the parasite can contaminate fresh produce, said Melvin Kramer, an epidemiologist who worked in several state and local public health departments before founding a food safety consulting group.
"In 1996, after collecting detailed food histories from people sickened with cyclospora, investigators traced the illnesses to raspberries from a few farms in Guatemala. There, investigators determined it was likely that the #insecticides and #fungicides sprayed onto the berries had been mixed with #ContaminatedWater. The farms had sourced the water from wells or a nearby river, both of which were vulnerable to #runoff from latrines, especially during the rainy season. Although the water was filtered, the filter removed only debris, not microbes like cyclospora.
"Before this year, the largest outbreak in the United States in recent history occurred in the summer of 2020, sickening 701 people in 14 states and hospitalizing 38. Federal officials linked it to Fresh Express bagged salads containing iceberg lettuce, red cabbage and carrots. They traced at least some of that produce to a farm in South Florida and detected cyclospora in a nearby #WaterCanal that had been used to irrigate crops on the farm. Later, genetic analysis confirmed that the cyclospora found in the canal water matched that found in people sickened in the outbreak, said Frank Yiannas, who was a top official at the #FDA from 2018 to 2023."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/r7zv4
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More than 80 villagers fell ill after consuming contaminated well water in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district. Twenty-one people were hospitalised and later discharged as health officials launched relief measures. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/ratlam-contaminated-well-water-80-villagers-sick-21-hospitalised-go07v5ne?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Ratlam #MadhyaPradesh #WaterContamination #PublicHealth
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Cowboy State Daily: Cheyenne Won’t Take Data Center Wastewater After Meta Contractor Contaminated System. “The announcement was made by the Board of Public Utilities (BOPU) on Thursday in conjunction with naming the Meta company as the source of the initial contamination. It also comes more than four months after the Meta company — which is building a huge $800 million data center in south […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/cowboy-state-daily-cheyenne-wont-take-data-center-wastewater-after-meta-contractor-contaminated-system/ -
An E. coli outbreak linked to illegally sold drinking water cans caused vomiting and diarrhoea in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/e-coli-found-in-illegal-drinking-water-cans-behind-karnataka-diarrhoea-outbreak-knc5xvb8?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EColi #Karnataka #Chikkaballapur #HealthAlert #WaterContamination
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Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y.—The crowd grew restless at Brookhaven Town Hall on Long Island as residents voiced their concerns about…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #BrookhavenLandfill #environmentaljustice #foreverchemicals #Groundwater #landfills #LongIsland #NewYork #pfas #pollution #Science #watercontamination #Waterpollution
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South West Water was fined £1.85m after a parasite outbreak in Devon left hundreds ill and forced many to boil their water. #watercontamination
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Fuel spill contaminates water body in Ontario community, cleanup underway
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11836914/fuel-spill-marsh-creek/
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A 4.5 magnitude earthquake — the largest ever recorded near Orange, NSW — has forced Newmont's Cadia gold mine to suspend underground operations. All workers safely evacuated.
Cadia has long been accused of contaminating local water with heavy metals and forever chemicals via dust and tailings. Now it's shaking the ground too?
Is intensive mining (blasting, caving, and massive underground extraction) contributing to this seismic activity?#CadiaMine #OrangeEarthquake #MiningPollution #WaterContamination #NSW
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As West Bengal heads to polls, Malda’s Hariagarh villagers report stinking, discoloured water and irregular supply, calling clean drinking water their top issue. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/multimedia/videos/wb-polls-malda-hariagarh-unclean-water-irregular-supply-bpnxv47f?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #WestBengal #AssemblyElections2026 #DrinkingWater #WaterContamination
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One person died and over 70 were hospitalised after suspected water contamination in Srikakulam. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/andhra-pradesh-srikakulam-water-contamination-one-dead-70-hospitalised-ch76xkmf?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #WaterContamination #Srikakulam #AndhraPradesh #Death #Injury
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Suspected sewage-mixed drinking water in Dehradun triggers health scare as residents fall ill; authorities conduct inspections, sampling, and safety checks. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/dehradun-water-contamination-sewage-sickens-dozens-j1znag2e?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Dehradun #WaterContamination #PublicHealth #Uttarakhand #HealthAlert
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#Climate #WaterContamination #PFAS
From AP News.com: A crisis emerges across the US as ‘forever chemicals’ quietly contaminate drinking water wells
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With Desalination Plants Destroyed, Families in Gaza Are Drinking Salty Water
“The water is salty, and sometimes it smells strange, but we have no other choice,” 17-year-old Ruba Al-Amsha said. -
Rahul Gandhi met families affected by Bhagirathpura water contamination in Indore and announced Rs 1 lakh compensation for the deceased kin, expressing condolences. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/indore-water-tragedy-rahul-gandhi-visits-families-of-deceased-announces-relief-on5na498?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BhagirathpuraTragedy #RahulGandhi #IndoreNews #WaterContamination
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Five fresh diarrhoea cases linked to contaminated drinking water were reported in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area on Tuesday, according to a Madhya Pradesh health official. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/water-contamination-audit-links-15-deaths-to-diarrhoea-outbreak-in-indore-qdiazi9u?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #WaterContamination #Diarrhoea #Indore
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Several residents of Greater Noida’s Delta 1 Sector have reported falling sick after allegedly consuming contaminated tap water, prompting complaints of sewage leakage into supply lines. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/greater-noida-contaminated-water-residents-fall-ill-dwh22n87?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #GreaterNoida #WaterContamination #TapWater #SewageLeakage
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Indore's Bhagirathpura water contamination is being addressed by authorities through emergency health measures. Chlorine dousing in households and a citywide review of water supply are ongoing as many remain hospitalised. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/indore-water-contamination-water-supply-review-iumma80o?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Indore #watercontamination #Bhagirathpura #watersupply #publichealth
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The Madhya Pradesh government has removed the municipal commissioner and suspended two senior officials as emergency monitoring continues in the affected Bhagirathpura area. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/indore-water-contamination-collector-confirms-six-dead-200-hospitalised-dmhp070p?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Indore #MadhyaPradesh #WaterContamination #Diarrhea
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Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav removes Indore municipal commissioner and suspends two senior officials after water contamination in Bhagirathpura kills at least four. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/indore-water-contamination-commissioner-sacked-two-senior-officials-suspended-nwlufyf9?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #IndoreWaterCrisis #MadhyaPradesh #Bhagirathpura #WaterContamination
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Indore water contamination sparks outrage as mayor cites 10 deaths, residents claim 14, and health department confirms only four amid diarrhoea outbreak. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/indore-water-crisis-death-toll-dispute-mayor-residents-health-dept-acd72gs4?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #IndoreWaterCrisis #WaterContamination #PublicHealthEmergency
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Indore`s clean city reputation shattered by deadly water contamination outbreak. 4 dead, 1400+ sick from contaminated drinking water. Discover the cause & city`s response. Read more! https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/indore-water-contamination-outbreak-etiuir3q?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Indore #cleancity #watercontamination #LabTest #drinkingwater
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At least three people died and over 100 were hospitalised in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area after allegedly consuming contaminated drinking water. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/several-dead-hospitalised-after-drinking-contaminated-water-indore-s11h8f9g?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Indore #WaterContamination #PublicHealthCrisis #DiarrhoeaOutbreak
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Scientists Thought #Parkinsons Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the #Water
New ideas about #ChronicIllness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
By David Ferry, December 10, 2025
Excerpt: "Sometime before 1953, a massive plume of #trichlorethylene, or #TCE, had entered the groundwater beneath #CampLejeune. TCE is a highly effective solvent—one of those midcentury wonder chemicals—that vaporizes quickly and dissolves whatever grease it touches. The spill’s source is debated, but grunts on base used TCE to maintain machinery, and the dry cleaner sprayed it on dress blues. It was ubiquitous at Lejeune and all over America.
"And TCE appeared benign, too—you could rub it on your hands or huff its fumes and feel no immediate effects. It plays a longer game. For approximately 35 years, Marines and sailors who lived at Lejeune unknowingly breathed in vaporized TCE whenever they turned on their tap. The Navy, which oversees the Marine Corps, first denied the toxic plume’s existence, then refused to admit it could affect Marines’ health. But as Lejeune’s vets aged, cancers and unexplained illness began stalking them at staggering rates. Marines stationed on base had a 35 percent higher risk of developing kidney cancer, a 47 percent higher risk of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a 68 percent higher risk of multiple myeloma. At the local cemetery, the section reserved for infants had to be expanded.
"Meanwhile, Langston had spent the remainder of the 1980s setting up the California Parkinson’s Foundation (later renamed the Parkinson’s Institute), a lab and treatment facility equipped with everything needed to finally reveal the cause of the disease. 'We thought we were going to solve it,' Langston told me. Researchers affiliated with the institute created the first animal model for Parkinson’s, identified a pesticide called #Paraquat as a near chemical match to #MPTP, and proved that farm workers who sprayed Paraquat developed Parkinson’s at exceedingly high rates.
"Then they showed that identical twins developed Parkinson’s at the same rate as fraternal twins—something that wouldn’t make sense if the disease were purely genetic, since identical twins share DNA and fraternal twins do not. They even noted TCE as a potential cause of the disease, Langston says. Each revelation, the team thought, represented another nail in the coffin of the genetic theory of Parkinson’s."
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https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-thought-parkinsons-was-in-our-genes-it-might-be-in-the-water/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/w8kFq#TCE #Solvents #DryCleaningFluid #Toxins #ToxicContamination #ParkinsonsDisease #WaterIsLife #WaterContamination
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After a Billion-Dollar Oil Disaster, a Louisiana Community Fights for Relief
Residents remain uncertain about their water, their health, and whether legal action will help them. -
@nilton @ubique environmental racism, water misuse and contamination also in the US :“We are breathing dirtier air, experiencing higher rates of asthma, and our children are spending more time in emergency rooms due to the misguided ambitions of billionaires who don’t see us as human.”
#WaterContamination #WaterForDataCenters #EnviromentalRacism #LandGrab #Colonialism
https://truthout.org/articles/big-tech-data-centers-compound-decades-of-environmental-racism-in-the-south/