Playing a vital role in all types of rescue operations, firefighters frequently risk their own lives in the line of duty.

Watts community leaders highlighted longstanding environmental health concerns during what one activist called a "toxic tour." ...

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control had planned to weaken rules for hazard waste disposal. An oversight ...

In an increasingly digital world, electronic waste (e-waste) has emerged as one of the fastest-growing waste streams globally ...

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 ...

The board that oversees California’s toxic substances agency unanimously voted Thursday to remove a controversial proposal ...

The toxic waste cleared from the factory this week included ... Victims continue to suffer from the side-effects of being poisoned even today. In 2010, an Indian court convicted seven former ...