Texans living in a 250-square-mile area of Harris County that includes a hazardous Superfund site had abnormally high rates of certain types of cancer, according to a new assessment from the state’s ...

A new Netflix series explores one of the biggest environmental scandals in U.K. history — one that left dozens of children ...

Netflix’s new series "Toxic Town" follows three women whose children’s birth defects are linked to toxic waste from a steel mill. Here’s the shocking true story behind the show.

The owners of S&W Atlas Iron & Metal, accused of exposing Watts high school students to toxic waste, will spend at least the ...

An EPA investigation confirmed residents’ worst fears about operations at an industrial landfill. What happens next is all ...

The aforementioned waste pits, which contain cancer-causing chemicals called dioxins, were built in the 1960s to store hazardous waste from a nearby paper mill. They were added to the ...

As much as 200,000 cubic yards of highly toxic waste was dumped into the pits and later eroded allowing for contaminants to leak into the San Jacinto River. In 2008, the site was added to the EPA ...