Background Advances in drinking water infrastructure and treatment throughout the 20th
and early 21st century dramatically improved water reliability and quality in the United States …

Abstract Purpose of Review More than a century of hard rock mining has left a legacy of>
160,000 abandoned mines in the Western USA that are home to the majority of Native …

This article reviews evidence for the public health impacts of coal across the extraction,
processing, use, and waste disposal continuum. Surface coal mining and processing …

Mining, although relevant and indispensable for human socioeconomic development, is
considered one of the most polluting anthropogenic activities. Water resources are the most …

Arsenic (As) contamination in different areas of the world has been reported, which poses
serious health threats to humans by its different routes of exposure. There exists …

Summary Background The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently sets
maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for ten metals or metalloids in public drinking water …

The interactions between uranium (VI) and phosphate are known to be critical in governing
the mobility of uranium (VI). However, only using phosphate compounds to remove uranium …

In 1990, the last time the decennial census included a question on domestic drinking water
source, it was estimated that private domestic water wells (PDWs) supplied household water …

Mining of uranium for defense-related purposes has left a substantial legacy of pollution that
threatens human and environmental health. Contaminated waters in the arid southwest are …

Gallbladder cancer is a rare malignancy of the biliary tract with a poor prognosis, frequently
presenting at an advanced stage. While rare in the United States overall, gallbladder cancer …