According to the World Health Organization, 1.7 billion people used a drinking water source contaminated with feces in 2022. Feces breed microbial bacteria, which pose an immense risk to human health.

Researchers have found a new way to test for water contamination. And it's thanks to our poop. In late 2024, researchers from Chungnam National University and Gyeongsang National University ...

It can be transmitted by ingesting water contaminated with feces from those infected. The crypto parasite causes cryptosporidiosis, a watery diarrhea that can persist for up to three weeks.

Research identifies effective strategies for safeguarding community health. Every year, over half a million children under ...

No swimming is permitted at this popular bayfront beach after water quality testing showed high levels of fecal bacteria ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Swimmers at Pine Grove Furnace State Park have one less option as temperatures heat up. Laurel Beach, one of the park’s two beaches, is temporarily closed as of ...

Lynda Cochart did not realize her water was contaminated with coliform bacteria ... None of the bacteria Borchardt found came from human feces, she said, so the methicillin-resistant ...

Here's a quick look into health news as of late, including warnings of illness from contaminated water and an agreement ...

A clogged toilet in a first-floor restroom at McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Richmond caused a backup and subsequent leak of contaminated water ... there was “feces running down ...