Soil contaminated with harmful perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) is difficult to clean, a complete remediation is often not possible. Perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl ...

Contaminated soil has been found in three Federal Way parks, prompting the state Department of Ecology to take action and warn residents of potential long-term health risks. Unsafe levels of arsenic ...

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 ...

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, ...

An Italian research group has designed an innovative approach for removing heavy metals from contaminated soils. 1 They found that by combining hemp plants with spirulina, a type of dried blue-green ...

There was concern Thursday over contaminated water in southeast Raleigh. An investigation had found that groundwater and soil around the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant had dangerous levels of ...

Tighter regulations and an influx of federal money in recent years have helped communities across the U.S. initiate efforts ...

The answer to cleaning up contaminated industrial sites in Europe could lie in the microbes that are already there. Trees and other vegetation grow on the site of a former soap factory in northwestern ...

Lakeland officials have gotten an estimate of what it will cost to clean up the source of the foul odor in Southwest Lakeland. City commissioners unanimously approved spending $947,192 on Monday for ...

COLE COUNTY − Crews in Cole County have finished cleaning a creek that was contaminated with diesel fuel earlier this week. Now they're working to make sure any contaminated soil is removed and excess ...

WHIP STEVE SCALISE. WELL, TONIGHT, PEOPLE IN GREENSBORO HAD A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WITH ALL THAT CONTAMINATED SOIL FOUND IN A PARK THAT’S NOW CLOSED. THE PLAN AT THIS MOMENT IS TO ...