The lack of inexpensive and comprehensive toxics testing has created a fragile public safety net in polluted towns across the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Earth is being turned on construction projects throughout Park City, and contaminated soil is top of mind. Here's more on the ...

A Paradise property owner is raising concerns after a chopped-up utility pole was dumped on her property and left for about a month.

Federal officials are working to clean up soil contamination in Laureldale Borough. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...

If your garden has ever looked “fine” one week and then started twisting, stalling, or producing weirdly bitter harvests the next, it’s easy to blame weather. But a growing number of gardeners are ...

For more than a century, factories spewed toxic dust across the city, contaminating the soil and causing lead poisoning. We ...

On both sides of the state line, city leaders are working to clean up lead contamination of vacant lots to improve public ...

The Oklahoma County Board of County Commissioners is considering a contract to remediate contaminated soil on the site of the county’s future campus for a new jail and behavioral care center. An item ...