Radioactive pollution, also known as radiological contamination, occurs when radioactive substances are released into the environment, contaminating air, water, and soil. This can happen through ...

A new map has revealed the terrifying spread of radioactive fallout from US nuclear tests, showing the contamination in 46 ...

FLORISSANT, Mo. — Jana Elementary School has been in the spotlight for months after conflicting reports regarding radioactive pollution at the school. At its root is nearby Coldwater Creek ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finished cleaning up radioactive pollution left behind by a former airplane parts storage facility at a Benton Harbor Superfund site, the agency announced.

Japan is set to start pumping billions of gallons of radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean this week from Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (Tepco’s) devastated triple reactor meltdown site at ...

Japan’s oceanic radioactive pollution was supposed to have been banned with the 1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter.

The Niger Delta, in southern Nigeria, is one of the most significant oil-producing regions in the world. It spans over 70,000 square kilometers and is also an area of great biodiversity, including ...

Study reveals extreme plutonium levels on the seabed of the Montebello Islands, site of British nuclear tests in the 1950s — ...

Radioactive contamination in freshwater mussels is potentially affecting the food chain in ... its legacy of pollution persists, with radioactive material bioaccumulating in the ecosystem.

Nikki Steiner Mazzocchio and Angela Steiner Kraus have been fighting Cotter, Commonwealth Edison and the airport over the pollution in federal court since early 2022 arguing they and their legal ...