The Environmental Protection Agency recommends reverse osmosis water treatment to remove radioactive isotopes that emit beta-particle radiation. But iodine-131, a beta emitter, is typically ...

New material scrubs iodine from water for the first time and could hold the key to cleaning nuclear accidents. Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a new material that scrubs iodine ...

Officials say two-and-a-half months after learning of its presence, they still have not pinpointed the source of Iodine-131 in Philadelphia’s drinking water. At a public forum Wednesday, officials ...

RICHLAND - The Environmental Protection Agency has detected trace amounts of radioactive iodine in Richland's drinking water this week that's believed to have come from Japan. EPA reported finding ...

He believes the iodine may be coming from the nearby Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant, which he says is inefficient in removing iodine from wastewater. "The risk is very very small.

Now, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem maintain that its lack of iodine naturally occurring in regular water can cause thyroid gland diseases as well. Iodine deficiency is also the ...

As for iodine, it’s an effective germ- and virus-killer. In the quantities used to kill bugs in water, the risk it poses to humans is about as close to zero as you can get. There is ...

While the metropolitan government of Tokyo has lifted its warning on radioactive tap water, the nearby prefectures of Chiba and Saitama reported radioactive iodine was detected in their tap water ...