WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and ...

Emissions at Metalico Pittsburgh, February, 2021. Karen Clay: First of all, you might think that these studies have been done, but it turns out that they haven’t. We show causal evidence that higher ...

After the Eaton fire burned through neighborhoods, residents were warned to protect themselves from the debris near the burn area, but the pollution likely stretched much farther ...

While laws to limit pollution have been around for decades, heavy metal pollutants like lead remain a problem in many areas. Lead and other metals in the soil or air can move through urban ecosystems, ...

Efforts to reduce lead pollution have paid off in many ways, yet the problem persists and will probably continue to affect the health of people and animals well into the future, according to experts ...

Jennifer Mayerle happily returned to Minnesota and WCCO, where she began her career as a summer intern. The Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist returned to WCCO as a reporter in 2014 ...

In a soft, faltering voice, her large brown eyes staring absently ahead, Winfrida Besa repeats "A-B-C-D" over and over as she tries to sing the ABCs. With her thin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The project, which comes as the government plans to fast-track new developments and build 1.5 million homes, would see thousands ...