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The Seine, which flows through the heart of Paris, was sick for 100 years. For the first time since 1923, people were allowed ...
Willows can stop a river flooding a farm. Or they can turn a river dark and mean. Trying to control them, we’re realising, ...
When Xcel Energy stopped burning coal at its Valmont Power Station in 2017, it left 1.6 million tons of toxic coal ash on the ...
Nearly all of the arsenal’s toxic releases were of nitrate compounds into the New River. Nitrates are the byproduct of a process that neutralizes acids used to make explosives.
Researchers analysed samples from 32 rivers across the UK's four nations and found traces of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in 31 of them.
A few kilometers away across the border, locals and officials in Thailand believe toxic waste is washing downstream from the mines into the Kok River, which flows through the kingdom’s far north on ...
A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising downstream in ...
CHIANG RAI, Thailand — Just days before the water fights were set to erupt across Chiang Rai for Songkran — Thailand’s New Year celebration, held every April and known for its festive street ...
The Toxic Avenger teams up with a host of characters from AHOY Comics, including Jesus Christ, in a preview of Toxie Team-Up #1.
Good afternoon, Chicago Last week, Illinois officials took possession of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in the Des Plaines River near Joliet. The move was a last-ditch effort to prevent an influx ...
A dog died after being exposed to toxic algae in a river.
Cedar was already gone by the time his family raced him to the vet. Test results later showed he died from toxic algae that officials did not even know was in the Columbia River.