The city of Houston found dioxin in 42 soil samples from around the long-contaminated Union Pacific site near Kashmere Gardens and Fifth Ward, adding to concerns there could be ongoing risk for those ...

MIDLAND, Mich.MIDLAND, Mich. — The government has spent many millions of dollars in recent decades cleaning up sites contaminated with dioxin and, in extreme cases, relocating residents of entire ...

The Loon Preservation Committee has found elevated levels of PCBs, dioxin-like compounds and chlordane in loon eggs collected from Province Lake, Effingham and Pool Pond in New Hampshire, indicating ...

Three years after Times Beach, Mo., was evacuated because of serious dioxin contamination, health authorities continue to haggle over how much of a hazard the chemical is. Dioxin is at the heart of a ...

Dioxin is a highly toxic chemical compound that can do serious harm to humans. Dioxin can be created from natural processes, like volcanic eruptions and forest fires. However, it is often an unwanted ...

Residents of a community in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, expressed concern to health officials over possible exposures to hazardous substances from nearby chemical industries. The community is located ...

Increasing restrictions on water and air pollution, along with the closure of industrial plants, have done little to clean up dioxin from the Houston Ship Channel, a surprising finding that has ...

EAST PALESTINE — Environmental Protection Agency Response Coordinator Mark Durno discussed preliminary results of the completed Phase I soil-sampling with East Palestine residents at First United ...

"Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise" said Shakespeare, but the Environmental Protection Agency has prohibited doubt when dealing with dioxin, a chemical that has occupied the attentions of ...

The Midland community has been dealing with questions about dioxin, its risks and its pervasiveness in the community for more than two decades: May The Michigan Department of Community Health notes ...

Prompted in large part by concern over dioxin emissions, cities around the globe have been tightening regulations on municipal incinerators. Largely ignored have been rural households that burn their ...