Assemblymember John Harabedian is introducing new legislation that would create statewide science-based standards for the ...

Seventy percent of soils in Europe are contaminated with pesticides. A Europe-wide study co-led by researchers of the ...

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A backhoe scrapes 6 inches of dirt at a house on Las Casas Avenue in Pacific Palisades in June. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) It’s a number thousands of Palisades and Eaton fire survivors have ...

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 ...

The U.S. Air Force is providing the opportunity for the public to comment on a planned time-critical removal action, or TCRA, aiming to address soil contamination on the west side of Hill Air Force ...

When petroleum-contaminated soil is discovered, the first instinct is likely to clean it up right away. But the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) takes a different approach. In part, ...

Eri Saikawa has received a few interesting emails over the past two years. Saikawa is the Emory University researcher whose team uncovered massive lead contamination on Atlanta’s Westside. Her work ...