Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, calls for global action on pollution, climate, and biodiversity through the Basel, ...

The party-line vote marked the first time in the 55-year history of the Clean Air Act that Congress has moved to weaken the ...

The agency won’t say whether it’ll enforce national drinking water standards for the chemicals.

PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases and are used widely in everyday products such as waterproof clothing and paper straws.

The EPA announced it would develop the first guidelines to limit PFAS waste dumped into water sources, while revisiting other ...

MANILA, Philippines — A bill prohibiting the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons has been signed into law by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Republic Act No ...

Thai state prosecutors announced on Thursday they would not pursue royal defamation charges against an American political science lecturer at Naresuan University who was arrested on April 8 for ...

Iranian officials say hazardous chemicals were stored at the port where a massive explosion and fire took place in the southern part of the country. NBC News' Richard Engel reports on what ...

Figures on deaths from chemical pollutants are likely to be underestimates as only a small number of manufactured chemicals in commerce have been adequately tested for safety or toxicity. Excess ...

(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed into law a bill banning the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons in the country. The President signed Republic Act (RA) ...