WASHINGTON — D.C.'s Attorney General filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit Thursday against an Illinois chemical manufacturer accused of poisoning homes and waterways across the city with a pesticide it ...

A major chemical manufacturer polluted D.C. homes, yards and waterways with a toxic pesticide for decades, even after learning it could cause cancer, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine alleges in a new ...

Insurers involved in the continent wide asbestos and urea formaldehyde litigation have taken some comfort in recent years that most potential environmental hazards associated with the building trades ...

If your carpenter tells you the wooden structures in your home are being protected using Chlordane, an expensive anti-termite chemical, you have good cause for alarm. Chlordane has long been banned in ...

Part of the "Home Wreckers" series published in 1998. When Formosan termites first entered the awareness of homeowners and pest control companies a generation ago, a single chemical compound seemed to ...

Oct. 14 (UPI) --Washington, D.C., has filed a lawsuit against Velsicol, accusing the major chemical manufacturer of contaminating local waterways and natural resources for decades with toxic, ...

ANY PESTICIDE, including those sold for household use, can cause injury or illness if used improperly. Your Aug. 14 editorial made it sound as if chlordane is the only bad guy when it comes to ...

Soil contaminants from historic practices can be suspect in building perimeter areas. Playing in bare soils or gardening activities in these areas could expose children to soil contaminants.

A major chemical manufacturer polluted D.C. homes, yards and waterways with a toxic pesticide for decades, even after learning it could cause cancer, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine alleges in a new ...

This chlordane market report provides details of new recent developments, trade regulations, import-export analysis, production analysis, value chain optimization, market share, the impact of domestic ...