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Less than a year ago, a disastrous train derailment sent a massive plume of dangerous chemicals billowing over East Palestine, Ohio, startling the town of nearly 5,000 residents and onlookers nationwide. Now, a new report warns that more of these catastrophes may loom: At any given moment, more than an estimated 3 million people are unknowingly at risk, as toxic trains full of a highly combustible and carcinogenic chemical used to make plastic move between Texas and New Jersey. The report, publi

Less than a year ago, a disastrous train derailment sent a massive plume of dangerous chemicals billowing over East Palestine, Ohio. Now, a new report warns that more of these catastrophes may loom.

Although Pakistan became the first country in South Asia to enact Right To Information laws, its progress on them and its...

/PRNewswire/ -- A new report released by Fluoride Action Network (FAN) based on emails it has obtained through Freedom of Information reveals the tactics...

The cancer-causing chemical vinyl chloride, used to make PVC, was vented and burned to avoid an explosion. The United States should phase it out.

Events in East Palestine are a stark reminder that plastic is destroying the planet. From its production to its use to its disposal, the stuff is a poison.

Like most adults who have been lead poisoned, I didn’t notice any symptoms. I was flagged by my ...

The lead water crisis facing Chicago and many other US cities today has roots in a nearly century-old campaign to boost the lead industry’s sales

<p>The lead industry's trade association encouraged the public to think of lead poisoning as a problem affecting the urban poor as a strategy to stop regulation of their hazardous product, argues historian Gerald Markowitz. </p>