Even candy has a not-so-sweet side. Over the years, several recalls have pulled tasty treats from grocery store shelves out of concern for consumer safety.

With two new hazardous waste incinerators proposed, Westlake Vinyls seeks to enhance recycling efficiency, but environmental advocates warn of rising emission levels in Ascension Parish.

GRAMERCY — For several months, a River Parishes refinery unlawfully discharged industrial toxic waste containing arsenic, cadmium, chromium and other toxic heavy metals into public areas and ...

The board that oversees California’s toxic substances agency unanimously voted Thursday to remove a controversial proposal that would have weakened a state hazardous waste disposal rule.

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control had planned to weaken rules for hazard waste disposal. An oversight board voted to kill that proposal.

CYPRESS, Calif. (AP) — California shouldn't weaken hazardous waste rules to allow local landfills to accept toxic dirt that currently goes to two specialized disposal sites in the Central Valley ...

To the already very long list of problems caused by global warming, add toxic waste in old landfills exposed by coastal erosion and polluting beaches and seas. “There is not lots of toxic waste ...

The hazardous waste landfill off I-94 near Belleville receives low-radioactivity waste and hundreds of the most dangerous chemicals known to mankind.

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Deschutes County Solid Waste Department has expanded its household hazardous waste disposal options at Knott Landfill in Bend, giving residents the opportunity to drop off ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Residents will have a chance to weigh in on how the town should clean up toxic waste this summer from a former dry cleaner on Main Street. The town’s Planning Department is holding ...