Heavy metal contamination in Yangshan Port raises concerns for seafood safety, with arsenic and mercury posing health risks.

Kentucky Senate OKs limiting state water pollution control to a weakened federal standard as Republicans say industry needs ...

Respiratory illnesses have surged in an Indonesian village near a major nickel processing site as mining operations expand, polluting the air and environment.Rabul Sawal reports for Mongabay.In ...

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

Lobbyists are asking the Minnesota Legislature to introduce a bill establishing a state angleworm hatchery at a cost of $30,000. Supporters are divided on the potential location of such a plant ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that ...

Archaeologists have traced the earliest case of lead pollution by humans to the Aegean Sea region around 5,200 years ago. The ...