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Calling it a “a landmark achievement . . . to improve food safety,” an FDA webpage is hailing the agency’s approval of a antimicrobial treatment that can be used against foodborne pathogens, such as ...

ATLANTIC CITY - A three-day warning here had some residents boiling their drinking water, while others cleared store shelves of bottled water. The advisory was issued Friday evening, after a sample ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into the water to collect a sample for studying aquatic microbes. Workers nearby ...

Scientists boarded the boat on May 16 to see if they could prompt the bioluminescence. They did. Screengrab of video shot by Scripps Institution of Oceanography Scientists from the Scripps Institution ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with States Newsroom. It is part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health. This reporting initiative is ...