Vinyl chloride is a man-made, colorless gas that burns easily and is used to make polyvinyl chloride, a hard plastic.

Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into ...

The next phase of a plan to clean up the Superfund site near Arden Terrace is in the works, but residents there are more concerned about what’s going on with their health. Representatives of the ...

Malibu city leaders on Tuesday, Feb. 4, said that a site near City Hall eyed as a staging area for household hazardous debris from the Palisades fire will not be available for that use, turning down ...

In Southern California, the EPA now faces going through nearly 15,000 structures in one month. They must also face where the ...

Scott Mason IV, a former deputy energy secretary for Oklahoma and member of the Cherokee nation, is the new administrator for ...

“The debris removal mentioned in the Jan. 16 Pollution Report refers to non-asbestos-related materials cleared from the site,” said Stephen McBay, a senior public information officer at the EPA.

Tensions continue to rise in Duarte as people living in the city and surrounding communities protest the EPA’s use of Lario Park as a collection site for debris from the Eaton fire. Despite the ...