Wildfire survivors across Los Angeles County are discovering that the most dangerous consequence from a wildfire isn’t always visible. Lead, arsenic, and other toxic metals could be hiding deep in ...

Preliminary soil testing in the aftermath of the Palisades and Eaton wildfires has uncovered isolated pockets of chemical contamination in the Palisades area, prompting calls for further investigation ...

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 ...

A worker watches as debris is removed from a portion of Palisades High School that sustained damage from the Palisades fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on Feb. 19, 2025. (TNS) — A group of ...

A report published by the Los Angeles Times over the weekend reveals staggering levels of toxic soil contamination left in the wake of January’s devastating wildfires, laying bare a deepening public ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Contaminated soil was among the issues causing delays to the state's opening of 45 so-called rapidly deployable pallet houses to help house the homeless. Testing in December ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An important deadline is here for people living in a known Houston cancer cluster. The deadline this Saturday, Nov. 30, is for property owners in Houston's Fifth Ward and ...

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday that it won't order soil testing at properties damaged by the Eaton and Palisades fires after they have been cleaned by private federal contractors — ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Tuesday, April 15, unanimously approved reallocating $3 million toward soil testing in the Eaton fire burn area following the results of a county study ...

The Pasadena Unified School District will work with the Pasadena Public Health Department to test lead levels in the soil near area schools, in the wake of recent findings that areas downwind of the ...