There is a notorious “graveyard” of discarded barrels off the coast of Los Angeles. They’re half-sucked into the seafloor and ...
Not since DDT was banned more than 50 years ago have independent scientists made a more compelling case for the urgent need ...
The hazardous materials that the long-defunct Montrose Chemical Corporation dumped off the Palos Verdes Peninsula went directly into the ocean rather than being contained in barrels as was ...
TORRANCE, Calif.— Following the recent discovery that up to 500,000 barrels of the banned pesticide DDT were dumped into the Pacific Ocean off Southern California, the Center for Biological Diversity ...
First it was the eerie images of barrels leaking on the seafloor not far from Catalina Island. Then the shocking realization that the nation’s largest manufacturer of DDT had once used the ocean ...
For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that haunted the marine ...
Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. How did it get started?
Annie the peregrine falcon is UC Berkeley’s very own celebrity mom, with fans around the world — but 50 years ago, her ...
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Everyday products containing hazardous chemicals could jeopardize our health. Here are six examples and strategies to reduce ...
While banned decades ago in industrialized countries, thousands of tons of the deadly pesticide DDT are still produced each year, causing health and environmental hazards in the U.S. and throughout ...