It has been nearly two years since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would direct Union Pacific Railroad to test for toxic chemicals in Houston's Fifth Ward neighborhood. The ...

Fort Bragg will start soil sampling to assess potential lead levels in the ground around select housing neighborhoods on post. The soil testing follows discussions between the Army and the ...

Lab tour shows how color variations in Midwest soils signal a need for customized nutrient management and seeding strategies.

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Over three days in late March, four Los Angeles Times environment reporters and an editor fanned out across the Eaton and Palisades burn scars to collect 40 soil samples from residential properties: ...

Representative soil sample testing done in a Los Angeles County Public Health study found a higher percentage of samples with lead levels above health-based screening thresholds taken from parcels ...

Soil in properties downwind from the Eaton fire burn zone did indeed have soil containing lead levels above health-based screening thresholds, Los Angeles County Public Health officials said late ...