Toxic contaminants from metal mining have infiltrated hundreds of thousands of kilometers of river channels around the world, exposing about 23 million people to potentially unsafe levels of lead, ...

A Jersey Shore environmental group says damage from decades of toxic waste dumping at one of America's most notorious pollution sites caused $1 billion worth of damages. Trees are reflected in the ...

The fumes that wandered into Martha Beatriz León’s preschool on the outskirts of Tecate, Mexico smelled way worse than usual, like rotting garbage. Or maybe it was ammonia. One woman compared it to ...

The Netflix series “Toxic Town” premiered on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. This drama miniseries is based on the true story of the Corby toxic waste case. Photo from IMDb. “Toxic Town,” a new four-episode ...

AL.com worked with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism to report on how Wisconsin is sending its toxic PFAS waste to a landfill in the Alabama Black Belt. Here are seven takeaways. 1.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle ...

In a letter filed in federal court, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency said the proposed expansion of a toxic waste dump on the Southeast Side would go against state law. It’s the latest ...

California shouldn’t weaken hazardous waste rules to allow local landfills to accept toxic dirt that currently goes to two specialized disposal sites in the Central Valley and hazardous facilities in ...

On warm nights Arieann Harrison used to sit and chat with neighbors on the steps outside her apartment down the street from the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, a federal Superfund site. Trucks would ...