Environment ❯ Pollution

Toxic Substances

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Mercury Discovered in Rented Moving Truck in Reichenbach as Police Open Inquiry

Authorities secured the vehicle and launched an investigation while eight people exposed to vapors were examined in hospital and reported uninjured.

Manaus Styrene Leak Declared Contained as Industrial Zone Is Cleared to Resume

Four Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Leak in Rosario Apartment

Toxic Fumes in Odisha Well Kill Labourer and Critically Injure Two Rescuers

Fire and Hydrogen Fluoride Leak Evacuate 3,600 at SK Hynix Cheongju Plant

Cunnamulla Closed After Students Bring Liquid Mercury From Town Tip

Two Workers Die in Suspected Ammonia Leak at Clandestine Pisco Fishmeal Plant

Three Workers Die in Pune Drainage Tank at Mushroom Unit

Asbestos-Containing Roof Fragments Found in Soesterberg During Local Works

Two Indore Sanitation Workers Die After Inhaling Toxic Gas in Sewer Chamber

Eight Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Exposure on Provincetown Boat

Marion County Declares Emergency, Seeks Injunction After Massive Dunnellon Rail-Tie Fire

Dhanbad Gas Emergency Prompts Evacuations After 2 Deaths, BCCL Area GM Suspended

Lowe’s Agrees to $12.5 Million Settlement Over Lead-Safety Violations

Posco Worker Regains Consciousness After Gas Exposure That Hospitalized Six at Pohang Plant

Schirnding CO Victim Released as Police Urge Detectors and Probe Selm Teen's Death

Nations Set 2034 Phaseout of Mercury Dental Fillings as Activists Decry Weak Action on Gold Mining

Two Noida Brothers Die After Septic Tank Slab Collapses, Neighbor Hospitalized

Fire Prevention Week Targets Lithium-Ion Safety as Colorado Fires Displace Residents

CPSC Recalls 98,350 Evermore Surprise Eggs Over Lead Found in Toy Airplane