Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Food safety is a critical issue that affects everyone's health and well-being. Recently, a Chinese state-owned food company and a ...

Often, the particles we don’t see are the ones that affect us most. For instance, we can’t see bacteria or germs but those can easily get into our body and make us sick. Something similar occurs with ...

A month after a “mechanical failure” caused roughly 30,000 gallons of crude oil to spill from the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, or LOOP, some seafood samples from the area have tested negative for oil ...

Scientists in Belfast and Nigeria have developed a diagnostic tool that deploys microbes to uncover the timeline of crude oil contamination in soils. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

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Mkpoikana UdomaPort Harcourt — Environmental stakeholders in the Niger Delta have warned that decades of pollution, environmental degradation and neglect in the oil-rich region are fueling poverty, ...

Rochester, N.Y. — A new push is underway to clean up a relic of the city's industrial past. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued an order on consent requiring Exxon Mobil ...

State regulators said Friday natural gas along with crude oil contaminated west Bakersfield's drinking water this week when one or more valves were left partly open during preparations for a pressure ...