How mushrooms can help deal with water pollution
RistoArnaudov | Getty Images Research into the humble mushroom — an important dietary staple for many of us — suggests that the waste left over from growing fungi could have …
Water pollution
India’s sacred Ganges River is also one of the world’s most polluted. Will it ever be clean?
The ghats, or steps leading into a body of water, at Varanasi, India’s holiest city in Uttar Pradesh, are crowded with people, some bathing in the Ganges River, others performing …
LA City Council OKs a study that could help close San Pedro gas storage facility – Daily News
The Los Angeles City Council has called for a study evaluating the cost and timeline for closing a gas storage facility in San Pedro that has been in operation since …
Off-limits and tainted, Santa Susana Field Lab superfund site opens to rare tour – Daily News
San Fernando Valley residents and activists had a rare chance to tour the vast Santa Susana Field Lab superfund site on Saturday, April 6, during an onsite workshop explaining the …
Chiquita Canyon’s neighbors petition court for closure, decry Castaic landfill’s odors – Daily News
A group of residents near Castaic filed a lawsuit on Thursday, Feb. 23, demanding that Los Angeles County permanently close the Chiquita Canyon Landfill due to a continuous release of …
Bottled Water Contains 100 Times More Plastic Particles Than Previously Thought
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Mississippi’s Water Crisis | Extreme Earth At this point, it’s common knowledge that bottled water contains …
Los Angeles moves toward closing down the West Pico Drill Site – Daily News
For decades, the West Pico Drill Site in Los Angeles, with an oil derrick disguised as a tower, has been tucked behind a fence pumping oil next to homes, businesses …
Road Salt Is Bad, But Toxic Wastewater Would Be Worse
Drilling for oil and gas produces a lot of wastewater. There’s tons of the stuff just sitting around, too toxic to release back into the environment, and oil companies have …
Toxic Tire Chemical That Kills Salmon Under Federal Scrutiny
A chemical compound found in many car tires is coming under scrutiny after west coast tribes claimed it is killing salmon populations across America. Federal regulators will launch a probe …
Microplastics Tied to Behavioral Changes in Mice, Study Finds
The world is covered with plastic pollution. That breaks down to become microplastics—tiny bits of plastic smaller than 5 mm. We know that it isn’t healthy to find these bits …