The caustic waste that leaked from the barrels created an extreme environment similar to that of hydrothermal vents, colonized by specialized bacteria that thrive in such harsh conditions. Reading ...

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 ...

Acres of tall grass, daisies and poison ivy cover hundreds of thousands of gallons of toxic waste buried for almost 50 years at the Tremont City Barrel Fill. Citizens have fought for the cleanup of ...