To estimate the background cancer risk near a facility ... All new facilities seeking air pollution permits in the city, if they plan to emit toxic air pollutants above certain levels, will need to ...

Fertilizer and storm water runoff, as well as leaky septic systems, can also lead to an increase in nutrients for the toxic algae. RELATED: City of Austin to continue clay treatment to reduce ...

As the Biden administration moves to curb health threats caused by toxic chemicals ... refinery and a plastics manufacturing plant in the background.Credit...Meridith Kohut for The New York ...

Cat’s out of the vat. A Japanese city is on high alert for a potentially toxic cat who fell into a vat of carcinogenic chemicals at a steel manufacturing plant and then escaped into the streets ...

“It is inhumane to knowingly have homeless people living on a toxic waste dump. “It is not compassionate to purposefully expose the unsheltered to poison.” Ho and city officials have been ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Toxic smog has shrouded Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore for days as surging pollution spurs authorities to curb activities and set up a panel to oversee preventive ...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (KCAL, KCBS) — The 30-day deadline to clear the toxic debris from the Los Angeles ... people are going to face.” The Azusa City Council updated residents about the Lario ...

In the Zambian city of Kabwe, children suffer severe health effects due to lead poisoning because of extreme pollution from the toxic lead waste of a former mine. Zambia’s government is ...

As the toxic cloud expands, the at-risk area is stretches across at least five municipalities from Vilanova i la Geltru to the village of Calafell, near the city of Tarragona. ‘No casualties ...

Three separate toxic discharges of significant size were detected at two Juneau wastewater treatment plants on Wednesday, prompting city officials to issue a notice Friday about the prohibition of ...