Germany searches for suitable nuclear waste sites
When it comes to the big questions plaguing the world's scientists, they don't get much larger than this.
hazardous materials waste
Why frackers are using sewage to collect oil and gas
America's oil industry faces a number of challenges, including low oil prices, the rise of electric vehicles and proposals to limit fracking. But one of its biggest problems: The industry is running out of water.
China plans giant underground lab to research nuclear waste
China is building a laboratory up to 560 meters (1,837 feet) underground in the middle of the Gobi desert to carry out tests on nuclear waste, officials have confirmed.
WHO: Drinking water microplastics 'don't appear to pose health risk'
They may be in our oceans, rivers and ice but there's little evidence to suggest that microplastics in the water we drink pose a risk to our health.
US may have shipped radioactive waste into Nevada for years
The Department of Energy may have shipped dangerous radioactive waste into a landfill in Nevada for several years, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Wednesday.
Sewage leaks into New Zealand's largest lake
In the New Zealand town of Taupo, residents aren't flushing their toilets.
When hospitals pour drugs down the drain
Patricia Deesy, a registered nurse, is worried about the drinking water in her home state of North Carolina.
