Families denied information over the UK's most high-profile toxic waste scandal should "feel their voices are heard", the health secretary has said. Dozens of families, who suspect the clearing of ...

A Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab investigation finds very high levels of lead and arsenic in homes near a factory processing US toxic waste ...

Federal and state officials say the temporary sites for processing hazardous waste pose no threat, but residents are worried about their air and water. By Kate Selig Jesus Jiménez and Mimi Dwyer Kate ...

Sandblasting material used to strip paint was trucked 500 miles or more to a remote warehouse near the Missouri River. Trucks filled with 66 tons of hazardous material left Yazoo City, Mississippi, on ...

For two weeks, officials have largely declined to answer questions about where wildfire debris will end up. The Times has identified seven landfills that have taken steps to accept this waste.

How much pollution a facility engaged in production or resource extraction emits isn’t just based on its location, its industry or the type of work it does. That’s what our team of environmental and ...

Netflix’s new series Toxic Town is now streaming. The miniseries follows three mothers as they uncover the cause of their children’s birth defects in a small British town, but is it based on a true ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (KCAL, KCBS) — The 30-day deadline to clear the toxic debris from the Los Angeles wildfires has sparked health concerns in the communities near the burn scars. “For the President to ...

In the Zambian city of Kabwe, children suffer severe health effects due to lead poisoning because of extreme pollution from the toxic lead waste of a former mine. Zambia’s government is facilitating ...