When I tell someone that I am a water sommelier, the reaction is almost always the same: a smile, a pause and then a gentle ...

Microplastics are a known threat to overall health — and eating and drinking from plastic containers, like water bottles, could be a great offender, researchers suggest. A new study published in the ...

Communities are grappling with how to fund removing PFAS “forever chemicals” from their water supplies, experts said during a ...

A new study found that bottled water had “significantly higher particle concentrations” than tap water Getty Bottled water contains “significantly higher” concentrations of plastic than tap water, ...

Virginia teenager Mia Heller’s filtration system harnesses the power of ferrofluid, a magnetic oil that binds to microplastics in flowing water ...

In early 2025, the bottled water brand Saratoga went viral. Long before the advent of social media, 125 years ago, the sparkling mineral water brand Apollinaris was one of the first bottled waters to ...

Over 650,000 plastic water bottles from Valley Springs have been recalled in two states. The FDA has given the recall the second-highest risk level.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Bottled water may contain three times as many nanoplastic particles as treated drinking water, suggests new research conducted by Ohio State University scientists who developed a ...

Researchers tested spring, groundwater, and purified bottled waters against local tap to see how treatment shapes the byproducts that emerge — and the differences were striking. A new study found that ...

As debates reignite over the safety of fluoride in drinking water, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is leading a push to revise national health guidance—one that could reshape how millions ...