More than a billion gallons of toxic sludge came crashing into Harriman, Tennessee, in the wee hours of a December morning in 2008. James Schean awoke to a loud clap as wood and glass exploded around ...

RAMAPO ‒ A property contaminated years ago by the illegal dumping of toxic paint sludge has been earmarked for cleanup under the New York State Superfund program for hazardous waste sites. The ...

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:19:35 GMT — A look at the slideshow of pictures and video on Hungary TMs ecological disaster is heartbreaking and terrible. Yet the damage from a toxic tidal wave of red caustic ...

It felt a little like a scene out of “Toxic Sludge Is Good for You”¬ù as East Shore neighbors confronted officials over a long-range plan for handling the region’s sewage. A handful of residents ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to force the Army Corps of Engineers to all but eliminate its long-standing practice of dumping toxic sludge in the Potomac River. The decision, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- In a fight we first told you about almost more than three ago, a toxic sludge landfill is stirring up trouble on the city's southeast lakefront. As CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey ...

KOLONTAR, Hungary -- A lethal torrent of toxic red sludge from a metal refinery engulfed towns in Hungary, burning villagers through their clothes and threatening an ecological disaster Tuesday as it ...