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 ...

FLINT, MI -- Water in a small area on Flint's west side has tested positive again for total coliform, and the city's boil water advisory there is continuing until at least Wednesday, Aug. 20. Mike ...

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

MARQUETTE, Kan. (KSNW) – Venango Beach has been reopened to the public. The US Army Corps of Engineers says a follow-up test sample came back with normal and safe levels. This comes after a water test ...

A Sonora water company sent about 90 customers "boil water" notices after a water sample tested positive for fecal coliform, officials said Friday.The Blue Bell Valley Mutual Water Company officials ...

State and county officials are investigating water pollution in Mount Vernon's Laurel Brook following a citizen complaint. Water samples taken by a citizen activist showed E. coli and fecal coliform ...

Tests find mold, fecal bacteria in children's lunch boxes Parents wouldn’t serve their children peanut butter and jelly with mold or a ham sandwich with a side of fecal coliforms, but those ...

However, fecal coliform, in any amount, is a sanitation concern. Jaykus and her graduate students swabbed about 100 lunch boxes at Exploris Middle School in Raleigh, which agreed to be part of the ...