Alaska might soon regulate its own hazardous waste if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency authorizes the Alaska ...

Five-gallon plastic pails holding a toxic chemical linked to cancer sat for years on the shelves of a fire department in south-central Wisconsin. Finally, in a heralded statewide cleanup, they were ...

Residents living near the Kitumbi gold mines, where artisanal miners are most concentrated, say the waste, that contains mercury, is washed into nearby water sources used for domestic purposes. Thank ...

As long as dependency on toxic wood preservatives (used on utility poles and railroad ties) continues—pentachlorophenol (penta), copper chromated arsenate, and creosote—the contamination at treatment ...