Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Florence have caused a slope to collapse at a coal ash landfill at a closed power station outside Wilmington, North Carolina, Duke Energy officials confirmed. Duke ...

Superfund toxic waste sites across the country aren't getting cleaned up because the money isn't available to make it happen. Those are the findings from a report released Wednesday from the U.S. PIRG ...

According to the EPA’s superfund site website, the main contaminants are carcinogens. These substances or agents are capable ...

Officials are still trying to confirm whether Texas floodwaters have spread contamination from decades-old toxic waste sites, as water recedes and residents return to homes that, in some cases, were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rivers in Corby, home to Britain’s worst toxic waste scandal, are polluted with metals that could pose a risk to aquatic life, a ...