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

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 ...

The Climate reporter Hiroko Tabuchi is interested in all the things we take for granted about our environment. By Josh Ocampo Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind ...