Fresh analysis of decades-old barrels of toxic waste dumped off of the coast of Los Angeles, California, has solved the mystery of why some are surrounded by ghostly white halos on the seafloor. The ...

Nearly 50 years after it was discovered that an estimated 4,500 barrels filled with toxic waste were dumped and buried on a 650-acre strip mine in northwestern Washington County, federal environmental ...

In 2020, haunting images of corroded metal barrels in the deep ocean off Los Angeles leapt into the public consciousness. Initially linked to the toxic pesticide DDT, some barrels were encircled by ...