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 ...

COLUMBIA — Thirty-seven Canada geese, scattered in uneven rows, float effortlessly across Katy Lake, a relatively small body of water surrounded by houses on Columbia's south side. On this particular ...

SOUTHEASTERN, NC (WECT) - A WECT investigation discovered bacterial contamination, including pathogens found in feces, in stormwater samples from Southeastern North Carolina. Stormwater collected from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Parents wouldn't serve their children peanut butter and jelly with mold or a ham sandwich with a side of fecal coliforms, but those combinations are popping up in lunch boxes, according to a 5 On Your ...