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Each year, power plants in the U.S. collectively kick out enough of this stuff to fill a train of coal cars stretching from Manhattan to Los Angeles and back three and a half times.

The astronomial growth of e-waste is leading to illegal shipments of discarded electronic goods to developing countries in Asia and Africa, where unprotected workers use fire and mercuric acid baths to extract the precious metals from old computers and cell phones.

Eight Boston area communities are among 83 statewide that are receiving settlement money from a lawsuit related to the presence of a gasoline additive in public drinking-water supplies.

The majority of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) research has focused on boys. But recent research shows that many girls who have ADHD simply aren't diagnosed.

South Carolina’s environmental protection agency backed away from an investigation of illegal asbestos disposal after receiving complaints from at least one state elected official about the probe, a federal lawsuit says.

Despite a state policy of “retreat” — or moving back new construction from the beach — DHEC regulators have loosened development rules for hundreds of seaside lots since 1988.

The U.S. produces three million metric tons of electronics garbage annually. But the EPA's standard does nothing to prevent e-waste export or keep it out of landfills, nor does it offer any tracking of toxic components to ensure proper disposal.

Suburbia, beware. Vast stretches of parking lots in the U.S. are coated with toxic coal tar that is slowly crumbling into dust containing 100 to 1000 times higher PAH levels than unsealed lots, according to new research.

Toys containing trace amounts of lead would be required to have a label warning under legislation the Senate sent to the governor Wednesday--putting it one step from becoming what advocates say is the strongest law in the country.

For 40 years, it has been a mystery why 78 men died in a mine explosion in Farmington, W.Va. At the time, federal officials said they didn't know.

The former head of an EPA criminal probe into pipeline spills at a BP PLC oil field in Alaska claims the Justice Department prematurely shut down the investigation and settled with the company for less than the case may have warranted.

Insect decline is offered as the reason for the biggest bird mystery of modern times by a group of four scientists from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, De Montfort University in Leicester and Natural England, the Government's wildlife agency.

Trains carrying toxic chemicals roll through Massachusetts every day, but there is lack of knowledge about where they're going and what's on board.

With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R-CA) signature on September 29, California became the first U.S. state to approve two laws that will move its regulatory scheme toward a comprehensive chemicals policy.

You are what you eat, and so are your progeny and, perhaps, your progeny's progeny — at least, if you're a mouse.

Replacing corn oil with canola oil may lower cancer risk not only for women, but for their unborn babies, US researchers reported on Tuesday.

It's the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, killing more people each year than breast, prostate, colon, liver, kidney and melanoma cancers combined.

Three cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - MRSA - diagnosed in Stony Brook University students in recent weeks are epidemiologically unrelated, doctors said Wednesday.

New studies have indicated that two proteins in the brain are apparently linked to both nicotine addiction and autism.

A little less ''I'm Lovin' It'' could put a significant dent in the problem of childhood obesity, suggests a new study that attempts to measure the effect of TV fast-food ads.