Public Health & Recreation

Trash Skimmers Collect Plastic Waste in Local Harbors

Ocean State Grapples with How and Why of Beach Closures

Mayor Withdraws Plans to Privatize Providence Water System

Dinner Train Cited for Herbicide Use in Coastal Zone

PROVIDENCE — Opponents of the sale or lease of Providence Water say the goal of a public water supply should be clean drinking water, not closing budget gaps.

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Providence Officials Make Case for Privatizing Drinking Water

DEM Letters Don’t Halt Quarry Runoff Into Big River

Rhode Island Denies Environmental Groups Request for Revised Drinking Water Safety Standards

FOSTER, R.I. — The expansion of Legend’s Creek Farm’s business to include the baking and selling of bread has been delayed for a year by a neighboring salvage yard that is operating without state or town approval.

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Research Finds Some R.I.-Caught Fish Test High for Mercury

New 5G Wireless Networks Raise Health Concerns

Rhode Island Ranked in Top 10 for Asthma Rate

A debate is emerging about “secondhand chemotherapy,” as concern grows that chemo drugs may be having an impact on those who manufacture the drugs, the pharmacists who compound them, the nurses who administer them, and family and friends who assist cancer patients.

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