A legal team suing the troubled New-Indy paper mill in South Carolina says it has uncovered evidence that dioxin, a cancer-causing material, is seeping into the Catawba River from the more than ...

Water companies legally required to produce pollution reduction plans for the first time, using detailed instructions published today Water companies ...

The Clean Water Act has reached its 50th anniversary. Still befuddling federal regulators is nonpoint-source pollution — a technocratic term describing pesticides, oil, fertilizers, toxins, sediment ...

An administration document aimed at eradicating paper straws highlights the dangers of PFAS chemicals. Their presence in tap water nationwide hasn’t gotten the same attention. By Hiroko Tabuchi The 36 ...

(a) Chemical structure of boric acid-crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) coating on paper, (b-c) Oxygen and water vapor barrier properties, (d-f) Tensile strength in dry ...

The downtown skyline of Des Moines is seen in the background of the Des Moines River. Credit: Phil Roeder/CC BY 2.0 Des Moines, Iowa, is a sprawling metro area of 740,000 people surrounded by ...

BEIJING, Feb 18 (Reuters) - China plans to spend 2 trillion yuan, or $330 billion, on an action plan to tackle pollution of its scarce water resources, state media said on Tuesday. China has a fifth ...

An update to The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health reveals that there were nine million deaths attributable to pollution in 2019 (equivalent to one in six deaths worldwide), the same number as ...

An oil refinery on Puget Sound near Anacortes, Washington. Credit: Spring Images/Alamy Stock Photo Credit: Spring Images/Alamy Stock Photo Washington state is behind — years behind — its obligation to ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — There is more evidence that shows just how pervasive PFAS compounds — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — are around the world. A new study published this month in the ...

Dirty and unsafe water is a prime health threat in Iraq, where decades of conflict, mismanagement and corruption have taken a toll on infrastructure — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE Stricken by drought and depleted ...