PLAQUEMINE, La. (AP) — A fire at a Louisiana chemical plant triggered explosions that shook homes several miles away and sent flames and smoke billowing into the air, prompting emergency officials to urge a few hundred nearby residents to shelter …
The European Union on Tuesday started to consider a proposal to ban widely used, potentially harmful substances known as PFAS or “forever chemicals” in what could become the bloc’s most extensive piece of regulation of the chemical industry. The chemicals …
An experimental asbestos demolition method used to tear down a Fort Worth apartment building four years ago may have exposed workers and the public to carcinogenic fibers, the Environmental Protection Agency said. The EPA’s inspector general said dust from the …