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In the wake of the chemical crisis in neighboring Orange County, Los Angeles County has launched an online map to let people ...

In disasters like these, the industrial damage can unfold over days, and residents may not hear about releases of toxic chemicals into the water or air until days or weeks later, if they find out at ...

An interactive map of U.S. chemical facilities shows the sites where hazardous materials are used—and where accidents have struck.

If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United States risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the century, ...