Toxic Exposure
Americans still endangered by Asbestos
Residents of one of Alexandria’s largest affordable apartment complexes grilled federal regulators, local authorities and their landlord Saturday over the discovery of asbestos during renovations of their homes, angrily asking why it took three months for offi...
Poisoning West Virginia’s Water
On the morning of Thursday, January 9, 2014, the people of Charleston, West Virginia, awoke to a strange tang in the air off the Elk River. It smelled like licorice. The occasional odor is part of life in Charleston, the state capital, which lies in an indust...
BP’s oil mess cleaned up?
WHITING, IND. – An assessment team that formed in response to last week's BP oil spill on Lake Michigan in Indiana has decided that no further cleanup efforts are needed.Crews determined that trace amounts of oil remain along the rocky shoreline of BP's re...