Collaborating with an environmental watchdog group, actor and activist Mark Ruffalo announced Wednesday that private testing has found significant levels of controversial PFAS chemicals in the drinking water of dozens of U.S. cities.
Read moreA federal class action claims Kerr McGee Chemical Corp., Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Occidental Petroleum Corp., BNSF Railway Co. and International Paper Co. dumped toxic chemicals from creosote wood treatment processes for years across multiple states.
Read moreCoeur Rochester sued the U.S. Department of Energy in federal court, claiming its long-delayed yet still hasty and sloppy regulations on mercury storage and disposal are irrational and illegal.
Read moreA federal class action claims that Whole Foods’ house brand of bottled water, “Starkey Water,” contains “the highest arsenic levels” on the U.S. market, with “levels of arsenic that approach or exceed the legal federal limit.”
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Just a few weeks after a chemical plant explosion displaced 50,000 people in Texas the day before Thanksgiving, 13 environmental organizations are contesting the Trump administration’s recent effort to unravel chemical-disaster regulations.
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Scientists said Wednesday they have come up with an environmentally friendly method that uses artificial sunlight to transform plastic into power-generating chemicals, as countries worldwide battle to reduce waste.
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As TPC Group claim agents go door-to-door in neighborhoods surrounding its southeast Texas refinery, still smoldering from an explosion that engulfed it in flames last week, the fallout has landed the company in court. It is already facing six lawsuits.
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Harbor porpoise mothers rid themselves of human-made neurotoxic chemicals found in the ocean by transferring the dangerous mixture to their calves, according to research released Monday.
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An explosion early Wednesday at a chemical plant in southeast Texas injured three workers and shattered windows on stores and homes, rousing startled residents out of bed.
Read moreThe Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons agreed Wednesday to ban the nerve agent Novichok, which was used in the attempted assassination last year of a former Russian double agent.
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An international team of scientists has developed new technology to clear the air by converting toxic air pollutants produced from the burning of fossil fuels into a helpful industrial chemical.
Read moreAgribusiness giant Monsanto has agreed to plead guilty to using a banned pesticide on Maui research crops and pay more than $10 million in fines, according to a U.S. Justice Department plea agreement released Thursday.
Read moreA Brazilian national and former CEO of the largest petrochemical company in Latin America was arraigned Wednesday on charges that he conspired to use a massive slush fund to pay bribes to government officials and political parties in Brazil in exchange for business.
Read moreThe Environmental Protection Agency cannot ignore “legacy uses” of chemicals when evaluating their impact on public health, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday while upholding most new rules for reviewing toxic substances.
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A 61-year-old white Milwaukee man accused of throwing acid on a Latino U.S. citizen’s face will be charged with a hate crime, increasing the sentence he may receive if convicted, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Read moreThe CEO of Ohio-based chemical giant Lubrizol appeared before both houses of the French Parliament on Tuesday to face questions about a factory fire in Normandy last month that forced locals to stay indoors.
Read morePicking apart flaws in the government’s system of monitoring for bioweapons, a panel of scientists warned House lawmakers Thursday that America is grossly unprepared for a bioterrorist attack.
Read moreThe EU on Monday extended sanctions against four Russian intelligence agents linked to a nerve agent attack in Britain, as part of an attempt to crack down on chemical weapons.
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