UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- Some University Park water samples, analyzed late last week, contained lead levels "well above" the EPA's safety threshold of 15 parts per billion, according to Aqua ...

Scientists recommend filtered tap water and drinking from a stainless steel reusable bottle. In A Nutshell Switching to tap ...

The Ohio Department of Agriculture and Ohio State University collected and tested plant tissue samples from 16 agricultural areas in Columbiana County. Results from plant tissue sampling done in East ...

Last year, researchers excitedly announced that they had found two organic compounds essential for living organisms in samples retrieved from a distant asteroid called Ryugu. The Japanese Space Agency ...

Months after fuel from a gas station in Ventura's Pierpont neighborhood leaked into groundwater and the city's sewer system, samples showed contaminated soil and water in several nearby spots. In ...

Mars Sample Return campaign makes use of an armada of hardware to collect Martian soil, rock, and atmospheric specimens for return to Earth. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Now underway is a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is investigating the origin and impact of a contamination that may have impacted dozens of DNA samples at their lab. The Hennepin County Sheriff’s ...

Breastmilk samples of 40 lactating mothers were found to be "highly contaminated" with uranium, according to a study published in the Nature journal. It, however, noted that contamination had "very ...