PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Results from a soil study are showing the significant impacts of decades of industrial contamination at Willamette Cove. The site, on the east side of the river just north of ...

For more than a century, factories spewed toxic dust across the city, contaminating the soil and causing lead poisoning. We ...

The 145 soil samples were obtained from citrus orchards (26), vineyards (29), and vegetable gardens (90) and range in crop types, 48 of which were from leafy vegetables, 4 from brassicas, 9 from ...

This story, a partnership between the Center for Public Integrity and Grist, is the third in a soil lead-contamination series that began at Grist (read parts one and two). Reporter Yvette Cabrera has ...

More samples will be taken from Brighton High School athletic fields, amid concerns that the contamination discovered under ...

The Houston Health Department on Friday notified Fifth Ward residents that dioxin — a highly toxic chemical compound — was found in dozens of soil samples collected near the Union Pacific railyard in ...

Soil pollution refers to the dangerously high concentrations of contaminants in soil. While contaminants such as metals, inorganic ions, salts, and organic compounds naturally occur in soils, these ...

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, ...

As the JH Baxter wood treatment plant prepares to cease operations on Jan. 31, west Eugene residents are waiting for the company to announce its plan to clean up lawns after soil samples revealed ...

A new study by an independent environmental research group, Toxics Link, claims to have identified high levels of lead ...