Artisanal lead mining in Nigeria is responsible for airborne lead exposures that are 10 times the U.S. Permissible Exposure Limit according to a study published today. This is the first study to ...

To see the toxic legacy of lead mining in the US and understand the complicated task of cleaning it up, all one has to do is look at Richard Rankin’s backyard in Missouri. The septic system of his ...

Steve Hench watches his 3-year-old son, Oliver Hench, swinging in a park in Weir, Kansas. WEIR, Kansas — Johanna Schmid and her husband, Steve Hench, live in an older home in Weir, Kansas. Their lives ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Wednesday that unveiled harmful mining practices in Zambia, specifically at Kabwe, the capital of Zambia’s Central Province. The report accused the Zambian ...

In a soft, faltering voice, her large brown eyes staring absently ahead, Winfrida Besa repeats "A-B-C-D" over and over as she tries to sing the ABCs. With her thin ...

RENO, Nev. — Lead pollution from Roman mining and metal production may have lowered intelligence levels across the vast Roman Empire nearly 2,000 years ago, new research suggests. Scientists from the ...

The Superfund program of the US Environmental Protection Agency was created in the 1980s to address human-health and environmental risks posed by abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste sites. This ...

Artisanal lead mining in Nigeria is responsible for airborne lead exposures that are 10 times the U.S. Permissible Exposure Limit according to a study published in the Journal of Occupational and ...