Radiation risk can be measured, understood and controlled in ways that keep people safe, including from contaminated foods.

An environmental disaster is looming, thanks to so-called renewable energy sources. The massive push in this century for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers found that bananas, cassava, and cocoa grown near the 2015 Fundão dam collapse site contain elevated levels of toxic ...

Environmental disasters affect both urban and rural communities, but rural communities suffer more severely. In a study in a ...

The Ukraine war on our doorstep is a constant threat. Contaminated drinking water is a dangerous new twist, says Moldovan journalist Paula Erizanu ...

The world has faced environmental disasters that left scars on human health, wildlife, and ecosystems, many of which were hidden, ignored, or downplayed by those responsible. From toxic waste buried ...

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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Historian Gregory Wilson will give a free talk at the Library of Virginia in December about the Kepone environmental disaster, which caused the temporary closure of the James ...

Climate change and environmental degradation are worsening the impacts of disasters on vulnerable people – making it vital that environmental and humanitarian organizations work more closely together, ...

Researchers found that mining waste from the 2015 Mariana dam disaster persists in soil and water, entering local crops — indicating ongoing contamination. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist ...

In 2015, the Fundão tailings dam, an embankment built to store byproducts of iron mining, collapsed in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The collapse caused what many call the "worst environmental disaster" in ...