The town was eventually abandoned in 1984 by order of the Environmental Protection Agency, which detected dangerous levels of contaminants in soil and groundwater. Parts of Gilman remain toxic to ...

the ghost town and the surrounding area was home to around 60 mines in its heyday, resulting in an unsavory legacy. All of this activity left behind potentially toxic waste material in the form of ...

Texas lawmakers attempted to address the growing problem of abandoned wells. Two years later, none of that money has been ...

Six large drums filled with toxic chemicals encased ... next to the 18-acre park’s abandoned baseball field, which has been closed for 20 years over soil contamination concerns.

Amid mounds of rubbish, broken furniture and loops of razor wire, abandoned chemical ... Mercury, cadmium and other toxic elements have been found in the soil (MEE/Karlos Zurutuza) In Zuwara ...