water quality

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway was the lead Republican attorney general behind the letter. Sent on Hanaway's office letterhead, the attorneys general state that "the upsurge in home-setting chemical abortions has serious implications for the Safe Drinking Water Act."

Scientists at the University of Iowa have announced a research initiative designed to measure the health impacts of exposure to environmental toxins, including pesticides, heavy metals and air pollutants.

Eighty-three environmental groups have signed a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services and Environmental Protection Agency demanding action on "critically high" nitrate levels in Iowa drinking water.

The period for public comment on Iowa's impaired waterways report closes this week.

A pair of Iowa congressional races in this year's midterm elections could determine who controls the U.S. House.

The Iowa Legislature faces a deadline this week on a series of bills that seek to clean up the state's rivers and streams.