Lithium batteries are catching fire, leading to hazardous, toxic waste fires.

Lithium batteries are catching fire, leading to hazardous, toxic waste fires.

Every day, workers in recycling and waste management face an increasing danger. Fires and explosions can occur, often due to improperly discarded consumer items, particularly hazardous ones like lithium-ion batteries and compressed gas cylinders. These incidents are becoming alarmingly routine. Without timely and coordinated actions from both manufacturers and policymakers, things are likely to worsen. […]

EPA Finishes ‘Phase 1’ Hazardous Material Removal in L.A. in Just 28 Days

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially completes “Phase 1” of its Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire cleanup efforts held in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and orders President Donald Trump to move as quickly as possible. It ended just 28 days later. The Palisades fire burned nearly 24,000 acres and nearly 7,000 acres of structures. The […]

2 men arrested after flying ‘hazardous drone operation’ near Boston’s Logan Airport

Two men were arrested Saturday night after they allegedly flew a drone dangerously close to the airspace of Boston's Logan International Airport. Boston police arrested two people on one of the Boston Harbor Islands around 10:20 p.m. According to Boston Police. The two individuals captured were identified as Robert Duffy, 42, and Jeremy Forcik, 32, […]

Popular vacation destinations on alert after hazardous materials wash ashore

Several popular beaches along the Maryland and Delaware coasts were closed to swimming last week after medical waste, including hypodermic needles, washed up on shore. Swimming was prohibited at beaches in Ocean City, Maryland; Fenwick Island, Delaware; and state and federal beaches on Assateague Island, which straddles Maryland and Virginia. The City of Ocean City […]

Pink hazardous drinking water plagues Shelby, Iowa

If it's pink, don't drink it, at least that's what officials told residents of one Iowa city this week. Shelby residents are struggling with pink, contaminated water in their homes after local officials warned that a faulty water pump in the city allowed excess potassium permanganate to seep into the water system, turning the water […]