Matt Peters, a fourth-generation farmer, worked dusk-to-dawn every spring planting pesticide-treated seeds on his 600-hectare family farm—until he committed suicide at age 55.
A persistent chemical formerly used in Scotchgard still contaminates most fish in the Great Lakes and rivers in the U.S. despite a phase-out a dozen years ago.
The gulls that inhabit Deslauriers Island every summer are the most contaminated colony in Canada when it comes to flame retardants, including one compound that has accumulated in...
Invasive species of fish and mussels have been driving a deadly surge in avian botulism in the Great Lakes for the past 15 years, killing an estimated 80,000 birds.
When a mile-wide tornado roared through Joplin, Missouri, it killed 158 people and injured thousands. It also kicked up toxic remnants from the city’s industrial past.