Public health advisories like this one inform residents and help keep them safe. Officials issue warning after making ...

Scientists are worried about chemicals from burned materials (heavy metals, plastics, fire retardants) polluting the ocean.

Several miles of coastline spanning from Malibu to Santa Monica have been closed indefinitely due to the risk of toxic materials and pollutants from wildfires that burned in the area in recent months.

"Fire debris runoff and pollutants in the water and on the sand may contain toxic or carcinogenic chemicals," the County of Los Angeles Public Heath department said, which could pose even more of ...

The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources is charged with overseeing implementation of a buffer strip law passed by the Legislature in 2015. The legislation calls for 50-foot average width ...

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some ... serving or two of fish a week from a lake or pond contaminated by farm runoff, or people who drink at least a quart of milk a day from cows raised ...

Jan. 28—ST. PAUL — Three Minnesota environmental groups are suing state agencies, claiming the regulation of farm chemical runoff in part of Southeast Minnesota doesn't do enough to protect the public ...

Food produced on farms whose land was contaminated with toxic “forever chemicals” may pose a risk ... eating fish from a lake affected by farm runoff. In particular, it found risks of cancer ...