The Environmental Protection Agency Thursday set stringent new standards for airborne lead particles, following the recommendations of its science advisers.

The formula is implicated in the death of one infant, and at least 432 others have been afflicted with kidney problems.

As energy prices have skyrocketed and concerns have mounted about greenhouse gas emissions, there is a new urgency in developing alternatives to traditional building products.

Home Depot’s move will create the nation’s most widespread recycling program for the energy-saving bulbs, which have to be properly disposed of since they contain small amounts of mercury.

If a French-owned waste management company has its way, the Port Arthur, Tex., area will be the final destination for 40 million pounds of toxins from Mexico.

The trip looked as if it was going to be routine. And then a strange, malodorous scent started to permeate the cabin. Think dead rodent.

A dozen oil companies agreed to pay $423 million in cash plus clean-up costs to settle litigation over groundwater contamination from the gasoline additive, MTBE.

Federal officials said they had discovered a clear link between a contaminant in blood thinner from China and 81 deaths in the U.S.

Federal officials said they had discovered a clear link between a contaminant in blood thinner from China and 81 deaths in the U.S.

The move to ban polycarbonate infant bottles is the first action taken by any government against bisphenol-a, a chemical that has induced long-term changes in animals exposed to it.