A sewage spill along the Potomac River, and the struggle to contain it, are raising alarms. A major sewer line collapsed last ...

This eerie satellite image shows a golden river of potentially toxic waste winding across the countryside after a deadly ...

A San Joaquin County jury on Thursday convicted a Stockton man on multiple counts of dumping hazardous waste into the Smith Canal two years ago. According to the San Joaquin County ...

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LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — The United States Embassy in Zambia ordered all U.S. government personnel Wednesday to leave a region in the north of the country affected by a toxic spill from a Chinese-owned ...

Spills of toxic and hazardous chemicals require prompt actions by laboratory group members in order to control chemical exposures to personnel and to minimize impacts to the environment and property.

LENOX — Firefighters on Friday quickly put out a fire in a Lenox home garage. However, the response prompted a hazardous waste cleanup. That's because water from firehoses mixed with waste oil and ...

A local oil producer faces criminal and civil charges after the Kern County District Attorney formally accused him of attempting to cover up oil spills and illegal disposal of hazardous waste near ...