Minnesota is giving its water quality standards a fresh look. With public input in their hands, officials are under pressure to add language about nitrate levels, a move some said is long overdue.

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A BBC investigation has uncovered allegations that energy giant Shell has ignored repeated warnings that a controversial ...

Australian scientists have found an effective new way to clean up methylmercury, one of the world's most dangerous pollutants ...

Rutgers Health researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides ...

Expanding aquaculture in the Amazon could provide nutritional and economic benefits at a fraction of the environmental cost ...

Multi-state study reveals chemical contaminants in waterfowl. Study's co-author and a hunter explain what you need to know ...