This story, a partnership between the Center for Public Integrity and Grist, is the third in a soil lead-contamination series that began at Grist (read parts one and two). Reporter Yvette Cabrera has ...

When petroleum-contaminated soil is discovered, the first instinct is likely to clean it up right away. But the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) takes a different approach. In part, ...

Soil lead expert Sara Perl Egendorf works with residents throughout New York City to protect their health by covering contaminated soil with clean soil. (Ilexis X. Chu-Jacoby) This story by the Center ...

Once the smoke dissipated from the 2021 Marshall Fire, the magnitude of the devastation shocked residents and fire experts around the world. The disaster destroyed more than 1,000 homes, transforming ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — If you’re curious to know what’s in your backyard soil, UL Lafayette is currently offering free testing. Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Dr. Anna Paltseva founded the Delta ...

Months after fuel from a gas station in Ventura's Pierpont neighborhood leaked into groundwater and the city's sewer system, samples showed contaminated soil and water in several nearby spots. In ...

In 2018, Eri Saikawa and her then student Sam Peters started sampling soil around Atlanta. Saikawa, an environmental scientist at Emory University, had recently seen research investigating Atlanta ...

Angelenos are understandably worried about the toxins deposited by smoke and ash from the Eaton and Palisades urban wildfires in January, but after L.A. Times Plants tested soil around eight burn ...

The Pasadena Unified School District tested the soil at all of its schools after the Eaton Fire and the results show nearly half of their campuses have contaminated soil. Testing showed 11 of the 23 ...

Nalleli Garrido's son Ruben, 2, stands on the porch of his home gazing at the front yard where he rarely played in Santa Ana's Logan Barrio in 2018. (Yvette Cabrera / Center for Public Integrity) This ...