Chemicals found both in new plastics and those washed up on a U.K. beach caused deformities in sea urchin larvae, according to a new study in the journal Environmental Pollution.
New York State Department of Health officials are confident they got it right when they said lifestyle choices are giving Warren County residents cancer.
The legal fight against a secretly negotiated Housatonic River cleanup, one that includes disposal of lower-level toxins in a Lee landfill, will be spelled out by early March,
The decision of the Lee Board of Selectmen to sign off on an agreement, through its participation in the Rest of River Committee, sparked outrage on the part of hundreds of the town's residents.
As an Indigenous two-spirit, Beze Gray grew up learning to cherish the land. But was confused when the very land they were told to respect was littered with signs that read "toxic."
Harbour porpoises exposed to PCBs had shrunken testicles, suggesting sperm and fertility effects. The effects are likely to be found in other cetaceans, including killer whales.
Federal prosecutors have charged the owner and president of a Flint chemical company with dumping untreated liquid drained from eight different landfills into the city's sewer system.
Jane Worthington moved her grandkids to protect them from oil and gas wells—but it didn't work. In US fracking communities, the industry's pervasiveness causes social strain and mental health problems.
"I was a total cheerleader for this industry at the beginning. Now I just want to make sure no one else makes the same mistake I did. It has ruined my life."
EHN.org scientific investigation finds western Pennsylvania families near fracking are exposed to harmful chemicals, and regulations fail to protect communities' mental, physical, and social health.
"Once they had the results of our study [families] felt like they had proof that these chemicals are in their air, their water, and making their way into their bodies."
