The floodwaters from Hurricane Helene are a reminder that we need to rethink how we store our industrial dregs.

Back in 2006, the company Trafigura wanted to get rid of 500 cubic metres of toxic waste from the refining of petroleum products stored on its cargo ship Probo Koala. After three countries refused ...

This Bellevue display shows the toxic side of the season. Skeletons can be seen surrounded by toxic waste bins. The whole ...

Recent research zooms in on the brain's own 'waste-disposal' system, with the aim of uncovering potential strategies to ...

As Hurricane Milton makes its way across Florida, the state faces not only powerful winds and heavy rainfall but also the threat of hazardous waste from its phosphate fertilizer industry.

Community members and government officials gathered on the vacant site in Cass Lake where generations lived before toxic waste from the wood-treatment plant contaminated soil and groundwater.

Within those mountains of waste, regulators have deemed a certain portion hazardous. These include substances that can be harmful to human health or the environment due to their chemical ...

As Hurricane Milton pummeled Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists worry it could scatter the polluted leftovers of the state’s phosphate fertilizer mining ...

Phosphogypsum may also contain toxic heavy metals and other carcinogens, such as arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury and nickel.That waste is even more troublesome because there is no easy ...