Jefferson Lab in Newport News recently received a $7.5 million grant from the Department of Energy to adapt a particle accelerator that could eventually be used in water treatment plants to break down ...

REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A lab operating in Reedley is shut down after an investigation found it was filled with hazardous materials, chemicals, and medical waste. The facility was discovered last ...

Lab Tests Show The Smaller The Pieces, The Greater The Toxicity In A Nutshell Recycled tire “crumb rubber” used on ...

REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- EPA crews will spend far less time cleaning up the illegal Reedley lab than they planned for. The team arrived on Monday to begin clearing out hazardous materials and ...

REEDLEY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The latest chapter of the illegal medical lab in Reedley is now underway, over one year since it was discovered in December of 2022. Federal contractors for the ...

A large-scale laboratory screening of human-made chemicals has identified 168 chemicals that are toxic to bacteria found in the healthy human gut. These chemicals stifle the growth of gut bacteria ...

How do you get rid of something that’s known for lasting forever? That’s a question New Hampshire officials have been trying to answer for years, as they looked to dispose of thousands of gallons of ...

A cart sits in a classroom lab with multiple shelves loaded with white and amber bottles of chemicals. The labels show many different brands and time periods, and some are peeling. Legacy chemicals ...

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In July 2023, the US Geological Survey released a report showing that at least 45 percent of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have one or more types of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, ...

Scientists in the Columbia, Missouri, lab have studied the relationship between animals, toxic chemicals and ecosystems since the 1960s. Today, research of PFAS, invasive and endangered species and ...