There used to be hundreds of smelters in the U.S. that recycled the lead in old car batteries. One of the few remaining is Quemetco, located in a suburb east of Los Angeles. It’s not only still ...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has completed an initial screening of suspected lead smelter sites located in Detroit. The screening study was commissioned to determine if there are ...

The owner of the nation's largest lead smelter has agreed to buy 160 nearby homes, the most dramatic step taken so far to protect the community's children from pollution. After six hours of ...

The Gopher Resource lead smelting facility in Tampa, Florida. Federal regulators on Sept. 30, 2021 gave Gopher Resource a “willful violation” for exposing workers to inhalation hazards. The ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - American Smelting and Refining Company’s smelting facility in Omaha was arguably the worst lead polluter in the country. The Environmental Protection Agency said as much when it ...

Doe Run ships lead concentrate via barge from this facility at the SEMO Port in Scott City, just south of Cape Girardeau, Mo. (Staff photo) HERCULANEUM • The town of Herculaneum has been bracing for ...