Thousands of sites that may have been contaminated with toxic chemicals have never undergone required tests by councils, an ...

An undeveloped Ramapo property contaminated by the dumping of toxic paint sludge has been earmarked for cleanup under the ...

FEMA is doubling down on its decision to not test soil after cleanup of toxic wildfire ash and debris in Los Angeles County, despite public outrage.

Toxic substances can penetrate deep into the soil For FEMA, the work is completed as soon as 15 centimeters of earth have been removed from the affected areas. However, toxic heavy metals can ...

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Federal agencies are removing topsoil from burned areas but will not test it for contaminants. So scientists and residents ...

Scientists collecting water, air and soil samples in neighborhoods ravaged by fires say they’re concerned about long-term ...

The former owner of Dutch Girl Cleaners alleges that Marathon and Tesoro have botched past remediation attempts of their ...

The cancer screening initiative comes weeks after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its first round of soil ...

The destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam in June 2023 exposed lake bed sediment containing more than 90,000 tons of toxic ...