Hazardous Materials

California suspends operations at Vernon battery recycler

2013-04-24 18:20:00

State regulators took the highly unusual step Wednesday of suspending operations at a Vernon battery recycler that has discharged harmful quantities of lead for years and more recently has been deemed to pose a danger to as many as 110,000 people...

Possible safety breaches at radioactive waste plant, files show

2012-11-21 14:00:00

An investigation by the U.S. Energy Department has found that San Francisco engineering firm Bechtel may have committed a wide range of safety and health violations at a plant it is building to treat high-level radioactive waste at Hanford, Wash.,...

Man in bulletproof vest, with body bags in luggage, arrested at LAX

2012-10-09 14:53:03

Questions over man arrested at LAX with bulletproof vest, body bags

2012-10-09 18:32:54

Man found with body bags, smoke grenade at LAX investigated

2012-10-10 09:03:31

Cellphones may harm memory, pregnancy, brain cells -- in rats, mice and rabbits. Maybe.

2011-05-23 19:38:00

Steady exposure to the electromagnetic radiation given off by cellphones during use may disrupt fetal development, disturb memory and weaken the barrier that protects the brain from environmental toxins, says a welter of new research being presented...

Report finds lapses at Coachella Valley waste site

2012-05-02 21:34:55

Human remains found in Bakersfield home

2011-07-27 16:35:17

Residents evacuated after major train derailment

2011-07-27 16:35:15

California toxic waste case settled

2011-08-24 16:33:46

Auto shredder to pay $2.9 million to settle toxic waste case

2011-09-08 16:34:01

Building evacuated at USC Health Sciences Campus after hazardous-materials spill

2011-06-23 16:35:26

Arcadia: No. All bulbs must be treated as hazardous waste. Culver City: No. All bulbs must be treated as hazardous waste. Glendale: No. All bulbs must be treated as hazardous waste. Long Beach: No. Incandescents can go in trash; all other bulbs must be treated as hazardous waste. Los Angeles: No.

2011-05-05 12:15:07

hazardous waste

2011-05-01 10:11:21

Examples of ignitable hazardous waste being illegally disposed of and stored by Target - District Attorney's Office

2011-03-03 17:36:15