The decision makes court cases more challenging for thousands of plaintiffs suffering from the consequences of pesticide ...

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A former DEC engineer who brought to light a Niagara Falls factory’s dangerous bladder carcinogen emissions was recognized as activists push for compliance with a state order.

Dylan Keenan, a former lead air pollution permit engineer with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, holds up an award outside the Goodyear Tire and Rubber factory on 56th ...

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Despite overall decreases in U.S. cancer deaths, Black and American Indian and Alaska Native people continue to be more likely to die from the disease, a new report finds. Cancer death rates in the ...

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 ...

Since Sabine County Hospital closed its labor-and-delivery unit in 2000 and the county lost the last of its physicians who ...

Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez has a severe case of silicosis from cutting countertops. He says he used water to suppress the dust and wore high-quality masks, but the fine silica powder still entered his ...