The deep ocean off southern California has historically been a dumping ground for the pesticide DDT and other industrial wastes. Scripps Institution of Oceanography and collaborators are investigating ...
The hazardous materials that the long-defunct Montrose Chemical Corporation dumped off the Palos Verdes Peninsula went directly into the ocean rather than being contained in barrels as was ...
SAN DIEGO (KSWB) — An unprecedented expedition to map parts of Southern California’s deep-sea has uncovered World War II ...
TORRANCE, Calif.— Following the recent discovery that up to 500,000 barrels of the banned pesticide DDT were dumped into the Pacific Ocean off Southern California, the Center for Biological Diversity ...
First it was the eerie images of barrels leaking on the seafloor not far from Catalina Island. Then the shocking realization that the nation’s largest manufacturer of DDT had once used the ocean ...
Consumer Reports recently conducted its most comprehensive review of pesticides in 59 US fruits and vegetables ...
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Some of our favorite fruits and vegetables carry unhealthy levels of chemicals. CR's exclusive ratings reveal how to get the ...
A history of the movement by EarthDay.org, where Hayes remains board chair emeritus, says the date of the first Earth Day — ...