Air pollution has been convincingly linked to respiratory illnesses, while run-off from industries has not only diminished water quality but dirtied supply with so-called "forever chemicals" that have ...

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Pollution in Britain’s waterways is at appalling levels, yet those responsible are getting filthy rich. Now campaigners are demanding action ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Voted into law a half-century ago, the Clean Water Act of 1972 is still far from achieving its ambitious goals. The landmark law aimed to make U.S. waters safe for swimming and ...

Bronx activists are fuming that a proposal aimed at opening up the notoriously polluted Harlem River to swimming won’t do anything to keep raw sewage from being dumped there. The state Department of ...

Scientists measured air pollution coming from the sewage-filled Tijuana River near the U.S.-Mexico border and found high levels of hydrogen sulfide, which comes from sewage and has an odor resembling ...

An Oregon wood treatment facility polluted a town’s water source for years with a now-banned chemical. Regulators who knew didn’t stop it. After decades trapping crayfish in northwest Oregon, Mike ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oregon recently released a progress report on the nitrate reduction plan for the Lower Umatilla Basin, where thousands of people ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ana Maria Rodriguez with the nonprofit Oregon Rural Action demonstrates how to test for nitrates outside the state Capitol in ...