HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An important deadline is here for people living in a known Houston cancer cluster. The deadline this Saturday, Nov. 30, is for property owners in Houston's Fifth Ward and ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday that it won't order soil testing at properties damaged by the Eaton and Palisades fires after they have been cleaned by private federal contractors — ...

Angelenos are understandably worried about the toxins deposited by smoke and ash from the Eaton and Palisades urban wildfires in January, but after L.A. Times Plants tested soil around eight burn ...

Wildfire survivors across Los Angeles County are discovering that the most dangerous consequence from a wildfire isn’t always visible. Lead, arsenic, and other toxic metals could be hiding deep in ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Contaminated soil was among the issues causing delays to the state's opening of 45 so-called rapidly deployable pallet houses to help house the homeless. Testing in December ...

A controversial plan to build an artificial turf field at the historic Zabriskie-Schedler House in Ridgewood has been delayed indefinitely after the soil used to build a noise reduction berm was found ...

The Pasadena Unified School District will work with the Pasadena Public Health Department to test lead levels in the soil near area schools, in the wake of recent findings that areas downwind of the ...

After the Eaton and Palisades fires ripped through Los Angeles County, the vast majority of residents in and around the burn scars were concerned about the hazardous compounds from the smoke and ash ...

A new report alleges that soil samples following the 2023 fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio were manipulated by the EPA and Norfolk Southern. The whistleblower group Government ...