Largest U.S. paint maker among those selling high-level lead paint across the border…nearly half of U.S. kids live in ...

County social service agencies in North Carolina are bracing for a surge of low-income people confused over the work ...

Chief Medical Officer Benigno Fernandez sent a text message Wednesday to physicians affiliated with the hospital that Laurel ...

SAN ANTONIO — Faced with termination of its contract to provide Medicare and Medicaid services, Laurel Ridge Treatment Center ...

The 90-year-old Oxbow plant in Port Arthur, Texas, shown here in 2019, is responsible for 80% of the sulfur dioxide in Jefferson County. The company has finally agreed to install pollution controls, ...

David Butts inspects tainted water collected from taps in his home in Industry, Pennsylvania, when his filter is shut off. Tests have shown his tap water contains manganese. Credit: Natasha Gilbert.

This project is a collaboration between Public Health Watch and Univision. MCALLEN, Texas — A stretch of South Texas is struggling with a crisis many parts of the nation could someday face: Cases of ...

Update, July 21, 2025: Last week, President Trump exempted 49 chemical plants from complying with the HON Rule. The largest emitters of ethylene oxide and chloroprene received exemptions including the ...

Downtown Houston on a smoggy day. Particulate matter, an ingredient in smog, has been linked to a long list of health effects, including premature death, stroke and breast cancer. Credit: Dave Fehling ...

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has recorded high benzene emissions for nearly 20 years outside K-Solv, a barge-cleaning and chemical distribution ...