Despite potential environmental and health threats, few municipalities have strong ordinances to protect residents from sites ...

The New Indy paper mill was cited in a recent report for releasing the most amounts of toxic mercury of any other paper plant ...

Melatonin, a sleep aid for humans, is known to keep fruits and vegetables fresh longer. Now scientists have come up with a ...

Those tiny specks are critical materials. They’re essential for building new technology, and they’re in short supply in the U.S. They could be reused, but there’s a problem: Current recycling methods ...

One of the biggest states for solar passed legislation to require the recycling of retired solar and wind projects, pending ...

Residents could face an increased risk of cancer in their lifetime from long-term exposure to certain pollutants, according ...

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

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 ...

"I have no idea how many people in my neighborhood died from cancer," said New Monrovia resident Leonardo Lee.

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

A hazardous waste landfill in Wayne County's Van Buren ... that "might be targeted for theft or diversion as weapons of mass effect" by terrorists. Chemicals on the list range from propane ...

A bill in the Texas Legislature would require oil and gas drillers to notify landowners before burying toxic waste on their property ... which goes into effect July 1, will require companies ...