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10 Toxins Found in 90% of Indoor Dust Samples

We're surrounded by toxic chemicals, and even holing up in our meticulously kept homes may not save us, Time reports. Ten chemicals that may be hazardous to our health were found in over 90% of indoor...

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In Deepest Part of Ocean, 'Sky High' Pollution

At the deepest spot in the ocean, scientists have found beer cans, plastic bags, a tin of Spam, and now tiny crustaceans contaminated with toxic chemicals banned nearly 50 years ago. The "extraordinary...

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Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Wasn't Fully Disclosed

More than a half-year after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast, the extent of the resulting environmental assault is beginning to surface, while questions about the long-term consequences...

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What New York Residents Fear Is Old and Underground

Residents of a historic New York City neighborhood have two fears—toxic mercury and over-development—and they're combined at the former site of a 19th-century factory, the New York Times reports. South...

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Finally, Cause of City's 'Stench of Death' Is Revealed

In early October, residents in Carson, Calif., started picking up on a noxious smell emanating from the Dominguez Channel, with dozens of complaints called in daily to the South Coast Air Quality...

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Forever Chemicals Invade Orcas—and Their Fetuses

Researchers say they're "shocked and saddened" to have discovered toxic chemicals, including "forever chemicals," in the bodies of killer whales, including endangered southern resident orcas, whose...

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EPA Takes Over Ohio Spill Cleanup, Warns Railroad

The EPA on Tuesday took control of the toxic cleanup of a train derailment in Ohio and ordered Norfolk Southern to pay all the costs, reports NPR . If the railroad balks, the federal agency threatened...

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East Palestine Derailment Killed Almost 45K Fish, Animals

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says no land animals died in the Feb. 3 derailment of a train carrying toxic chemical in East Palestine—but it was a different story in the local waterways,...

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After Odor Sickened His Family, He Set Up a Hidden Camera

A Florida man suspicious about chemical smells in his home that appeared to be making his infant sick installed a camera to see if he could suss out what was going on—and now his neighbor is accused of...

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