Radium

This was the nightmare of scientific progress: The truths of today would become the falsehoods—or at least the errors—of tomorrow.

Given that we're likely to be swimming in snake oil for the foreseeable future perhaps it's comforting to know that things could be worse. For example, during the early 1900s, quacks – a hearty species indeed – abounded, but they were pushing junk worse than raw milk: Uranium.

What to look for, what to avoid—and a bit of history for good measure.

The governor's plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl.

Eureka Resources idled a facility, canceled plans to build another, and intends to sell or close two more.

Amid recent reports of a contaminated water supply in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Fox News Digital asked experts whether it's safe to drink unfiltered tap water.

Pennsylvania families worry about rising cases of rare cancer with well pads near homes and stalled House bills

Burrowed into streambeds and rarely moving for their decades-long lifespans, freshwater mussels are biomonitors, meaning they indicate how clean their environment is, according to Penn State researchers. As the bivalves feed on organic matter and filter the water around them, their inner tissues and hard shells begin to reflect whatever is in their environment—including radioactive particles.

Missouri residents and lawmakers are holding the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers accountable to carrying out faster cleanups at toxic sites.

EPA officials traveled to Cove on the Navajo Nation and met with residents who are frustrated by years of inaction at the old mine sites.

Hashish addiction; a pension for Madame Curie

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The estimated future cost to clean up 19 sites contaminated by nuclear waste from the Cold War era has risen by nearly $1 billion in the past seven years

Officials in Silex have declared an emergency from high radium levels in the public water supply, and are offering bottled water to residents as an alternative.

Gov. Ron DeSantis hopes to turn his plunging poll numbers around with a new bill that would allow roads to contain radioactive material. Because what Floridian wouldn't want their streets emb…

Florida highway construction could use radioactive mining waste tied to cancer under a law signed by the GOP governor.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill that will allow the Florida Department of Transportation to study the use of phosphogypsum, a mildly radioactive byproduct of the phosphate manufacturing process, in road construction. The measure — dubbed the "radioactive roads" bill by critics — was lobbied by Tampa-based

With safety limits in relation to climate breached, what can this mean in the long term?

The Environmental Protection Agency recently confirmed high lead levels in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood. The location stands in contrast to many polluted sites investigated by the federal Superf…

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