Phosphorus threatens a key bay in Lake Champlain. WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley reports on the Lake Champlain Basin program and other stakeholder’s efforts to stem the pollution.

Researchers have created an inexpensive hydrogel that can filter phosphorus from contaminated surface waters, drinking water supplies or wastewater streams to reduce phosphorus pollution and reuse the ...

The same phosphorus that fertilizes the thriving agriculture of the Midwest is also responsible for a vast 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico near the Mississippi Delta. Efforts to reduce the amount of ...

Aging lead-pipe drinking water systems, along with the public health measures implemented to reduce their risks, are ...

FAYETTEVILLE-- Until recently, microwave popcorn was among the threats to drinking water, a scientific conference in Fayetteville was told Tuesday. More common and persistent threats to water quality ...

While shallow depths and algae growth are not attractive to the average swimmer, city officials ensure that, when marked, the lakes pose no health risk. Children have some fun in the sun at the ...

A vital nutrient underpinning the world’s food systems — and increasingly vital to green technologies — is the focus of a major international summit in Ghana this September, as scientists, ...

Along with nitrogen and carbon, phosphorus is an essential element for life on Earth. It is a central component of molecules such as DNA and RNA, which serve to transmit and store genetic information, ...