The third round of water quality tests in the Kok River has revealed arsenic levels exceeding standards at 11 locations, ...

Manganese. Arsenic. Dioxane. In all, eight substances, including PFAS, were found in the groundwater around the old landfill at levels that exceed various state and federal drinking water standards.

on a new bill that would amend the federal Safe Drinking Water Act by adding a special focus on nitrate and arsenic pollution in groundwater. The amendment would authorize the federal government ...

2-year research study to be held in Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran districts of Punjab The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in ...

Patna, Bihar is grappling with severe groundwater contamination, with 30,207 rural wards exposed to "unsafe" drinking water that poses serious health risks, according to a new report. Severe ...

has raised concerns about groundwater contamination in Punjab and Haryana. The report highlights the presence of uranium, nitrates, arsenic, chloride, and fluoride in concentrations exceeding the ...

This contamination occurs when natural geological processes release arsenic from rocks and soil into groundwater and can be exacerbated by mining, industrial waste disposal and use of arsenic-based ...

India, the world’s largest user of groundwater, consumes 87 per cent of it for ... while 3.55 per cent had arsenic contamination. This is particularly worrying because long-term exposure to both ...

A recent analysis has revealed that India’s groundwater ... in uranium contamination in these regions. Unsafe levels of other groundwater pollutants, such as fluoride and arsenic, are also ...

West Bengal and Bihar are impacted the most by arsenic contamination of groundwater, the Centre has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The tribunal is hearing the issue of rice being ...