A new study published in Science reveals that up to 1.4 billion people worldwide live in regions where soils are dangerously polluted by toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Authorities in Denmark are working against the clock to stop a slow-moving landslide of contaminated soil from reaching a nearby water source as public officials and the company ...

New soil testing by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found high levels of lead and other toxic metals at homes destroyed by January’s catastrophic wildfires and cleared by ...

The Utah Department of Environmental Quality said new soil piles at the former Treasure Mountain Junior High site contain hazardous ...

Dirt. It surrounds people’s homes. It’s in local parks, schoolyards and parkways abutting sidewalks. But it’s not something people paid much attention to. Until recently. Ever since the Palisades and ...

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This story, a partnership between the Center for Public Integrity and Grist, is the third in a soil lead-contamination series that began at Grist (read parts one and two). Reporter Yvette Cabrera has ...

PLANTATION - Crews have been mulching over areas of petroleum contamination at Peters Elementary School in Plantation. "My biggest concern is making sure out students and my child in particular, are ...