The Times tested for lead, mercury and other heavy metals in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. From respiratory problems to ...

Cleveland risks forfeiting $11.9 million in federal funding to remove lead from homes because City Hall once again failed to ...

Urgent action must be taken to reduce the ever-rising number of people killed by extreme temperatures in India, say the authors of a new 19-year study which found that 20,000 people died from ...

More than a dozen data-gathering programs that track deaths and disease appear to have been eliminated in the tornado of ...

Thousands of people end up in Long Island hospital emergency rooms each year for marijuana-related problems that include ...

People in and around the burn zone may have been exposed to the toxic chemical through ash from the wildfires..

Starting a new school near the end of the school year is tough for any student. But on Monday morning, May 5, kids and ...