Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Fungus is usually a good sign of things going bad. But it can also indicate good things happening to very bad stuff. For Audrey Speyer, founder of PuriFungi, seeing fungi blooming on cigarette butts ...

AL.com worked with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism to report on how Wisconsin is sending its toxic PFAS waste to a landfill in the Alabama Black Belt. Here are seven takeaways. 1.

This article is the first in a series on the environmental costs of America’s last remaining alumina refinery. GRAMERCY — For several months, a River Parishes refinery unlawfully discharged industrial ...

Hundreds of tons of contaminated soil and millions of gallons of water have been collected from East Palestine, Ohio, after a train derailment last month released toxic chemicals into the surrounding ...

As Emily McHugh and her family moved into a home on Ayres Street in Wayne County's Van Buren Township about a decade ago, they knew they were moving close to a landfill. "We weren't in a situation ...

California shouldn’t weaken hazardous waste rules to allow local landfills to accept toxic dirt that currently goes to two specialized disposal sites in the Central Valley and hazardous facilities in ...

Federal and state officials say the temporary sites for processing hazardous waste pose no threat, but residents are worried about their air and water. By Kate Selig Jesus Jiménez and Mimi Dwyer Kate ...