Find out how heavy rainfall and flooding from Hurricane Florence could lead to public health and environmental disasters involving coal and pig poop.

Toxic Waste. Animal Manure. Hurricane Florence Could Be a Public Health Disaster. 5 minute read. By Jim Efstathiou Jr., Sylvia Carignan and Shruti Date Singh / Bloomberg.

They found PCBs, which are known interfere with marine animal reproduction, in one beached killer whale with levels of PCBs 100 times higher than what is considered toxic.They note that her ‘pod ...

As of Tuesday, while some flooding at a coal ash pond and at animal waste lagoons had been reported but EPA officials say they are still monitoring the situation to identify any broader impact on ...

In 2025, we're more concerned with our planet's health than ever. Ensuring you properly dispose of hazardous household waste is one way to make a difference.

A study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found composting and feeding food waste to animals would cut carbon ...

Sadly, this isn’t the only price animals pay for our wastefulness. High mortality rates by vehicle collisions and consumption of toxic non-digestibles are also linked with animals’ attraction to our ...