The health effects of PFAS chemicals are still under scientific investigation, but North Carolina residents worry that the abundant substances puts them in danger too.
So-called "forever chemicals" found in fish from two Madison-area bodies of water have prompted a new health advisory from state health and natural resource officials.
Each year the Alabama Department of Environmental Management tests fish for mercury, PCBs and other toxins but critics say the program could be improved.
High concentrations of a potentially toxic element have been found in fish in the Kootenai River of Montana and American scientists are pointing the finger at Canadian coal mines.
The Dutchess and Ulster County executives say they will take legal action in support of New York state's lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Tests by the state health department on 20 white-tailed deer harvested in April found amounts of PFAS in the liver and kidney, but not heart or muscle.
Tourism accounts for almost 70 percent of the Cook Islands' economy, but the industry is proving extremely damaging to its delicately balanced island ecosystem and traditional ways of life.
The Puyallup River is the second most polluted in the Puget Sound area and its salmon runs are being harmed, which in turn hurts orcas. Scientists are studying where PCBs and other contaminants are coming from.
Two communities — one in Canada, one in the U.S. — share both a border along the St. Marys River and a toxic legacy that has contributed to high rates of cancer. Now the towns are banding together to fight a ferrochrome plant.
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