Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Candy wrappers. Cigarette butts. Chip bags. The litter you see on the side of the street doesn’t just present a public nuisance ...

Pilsen resident Lili Scales lives near the Stevenson Expressway, in a neighborhood she describes as “blighted” by diesel pollution from heavy-duty trucks. When she walks to her local coffee shop, she ...

Increasing use of nitrogen-based fertilizer over the last half-century is putting Americans' health at risk. Excess nitrate in drinking water increases the risk of cancer, birth defects and thyroid ...

Eleven months ago, Iowa City residents asked for an answer and claim they heard silence in return. Men and women who allege they have suffered for years tried to stand against the expansion of an ...

Thames Water is among six water companies to have blocked bonus payouts to bosses over serious pollution incidents and other performance issues. More than £4m of potential bonuses were banned under ...

Raquel Garcia has been fighting for years to clean up the air in her neighborhood southwest of downtown Detroit. Living a little over a mile from the Ambassador Bridge, which thousands of freight ...

On Aug. 11, 2025, an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh — a 392-acre riverside industrial facility and the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere — killed two U.S.

KALAMAZOO, MI - Levels of fine, inhalable particles in outdoor air that can aggravate asthma and cause health issues have been increasing in the Kalamazoo area, and the state doesn’t have an immediate ...

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Individuals with pre-existing heart problems may be more at risk from the negative consequences of air pollution on heart health, a study by Intermountain Health, Salt Lake City, has found. Scientists ...

The video above is from FOX19 NOW’s previous coverage. CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Over three dozen monitors have been installed across Cincinnati’s neighborhoods to monitor the city’s air quality, a tricky ...

Candy wrappers. Cigarette butts. Chip bags. The litter you see on the side of the street doesn’t just present a public nuisance where it’s dropped. It’s one of the more serious emerging pollution ...