The drinking water has been contaminated with the parasites cryptosporidium and giardia. So far, 20 people are known to have become infected. Over the past two months, another 150 people have been ...

The Walkerton tragedy of 2000, in which seven people died and thousands fell ill in Ontario because of E. coli infection, shattered the town's confidence in the public drinking-water supply.

Unlike many communities, Moncton is one of the few places in Canada that regularly tests for parasites in its water. A parasite called cryptosporidium has infected North Battleford's water supply.

The U.S.’s largest-ever outbreak of waterborne illness—cryptosporidiosis—hit Milwaukee 30 years ago. Why are many other water systems still vulnerable to the same parasite today?

Parasites discovered in Baltimore's drinking water have disappeared, a new test shows. The Baltimore City Department of Public Works discovered a small amount of microscopic parasites known as ...

LifeStraw is known for its backpack-friendly water filters and purifiers. With its new 5-gallon Escape, you can purify enough ...

The fear of contaminated water appeared to be behind a 1,250 per cent spike in Google searches for “Texas water parasite 2021” between Thursday and Friday.

The boss of a water company that let parasites leak into its supply to residents has said she is "truly sorry". The company's CEO Susan Davy said the company would "not stop working until the ...