The Florida Panhandle, a prime summer vacation destination for thousands of southeast Louisiana residents, is home to six of the Sunshine State's beaches that most often test positive for fecal ...

When it comes to fecal coliform bacteria, Alabama beaches are far safer than Mississippi's, according to a new report from the Environment America Research and Policy Center. Of 10 Alabama beaches ...

Researchers have developed a more precise method for detecting fecal contamination in water using viral DNA markers, allowing them to trace even low-level pollution and identify whether it’s from ...

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — WPTV hired a private, independent environmental consulting firm to test the tap water for fecal bacteria in Riviera Beach. In the weeks following the discovery of a positive E.

Laboratory testing of standing water at Peace River Village mobile home park in Bartow showed a high concentration of fecal coliform, Bartow City Manager Mike Herr said Wednesday. The city first ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (PORT CITY DAILY) - Recent water quality tests at two sites along a stream connected to the Bradley Creek watershed found that levels of fecal coliform — microscopic bacteria used as ...

NORTH HAMPTON – North Hampton and Rye beachgoers are being advised they can swim again without worry, now that the state Department of Environmental Services' most recent tests indicate safe bacteria ...

The Agri-Mark dairy cooperative issued a recall of a single lot of Cabot Creamery butter due to elevated coliform bacteria levels. Dairy cooperative Agri-Mark has voluntarily recalled a single lot of ...

A Charles County environmental advocacy group is working to establish periodic testing of the Port Tobacco River for sewage contaminants, and last week the agency operating La Plata's sewage treatment ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Dairy ...