Water that comes straight from natural sources, dubbed “raw water,” is gaining popularity. Raw water advocates reject public ...

The journey of pasteurization is one of science's most significant public health triumphs, and few know that it was ...

Second, Louis Pasteur advanced the germ theory of disease, which postulated that microbes can cause illness. Pasteur established that consumable liquids like raw water and milk can harbor ...

I'm a microbiology researcher studying infectious diseases. From a public health perspective, clarifying misconceptions about tap water and the health hazards of raw water can protect consumers ...

I’m a microbiology researcher studying infectious diseases. From a public health perspective, clarifying misconceptions about tap water and the health hazards of raw water can protect consumers ...

Germ theory, however, was in ascendance ... including in the air. In the late 1800s Louis Pasteur became fixated on showing how far microbes traveled; he even climbed into the Alps to collect ...