Use of chemicals and hazardous materials in research at CU Boulder is overseen by the Hazardous Materials and Waste Management unit (Hazmat) and the Environmental Compliance (EC) and Industrial ...

BEIJING (AP) — A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in China ’s eastern Shandong province around noon Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring 19, according to local emergency ...

The Milwaukee Fire Department determines a suspicious letter sent to the Milwaukee Election Commission (MEC) Friday morning, did not contain hazardous material. According to city officials, an MEC ...

Hazmat incidents on U.S. roads on the rise It was the costliest hazardous materials spill on a highway in Massachusetts in the past decade. It happened on a dry, clear, sunny day just after 2 o ...

Thousands of Louisville residents live close to industrial facilities handling high quantities of hazardous chemicals, The Courier Journal found in an analysis of local and federal data.

Quincy has given its public safety officers new oversight powers to ensure facilities storing hazardous materials properly report their inventories.

A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in China’s eastern Shandong province around noon Tuesday, with thick plumes of black smoke visible from the site.

A huge blast rocked a chemical plant in eastern China on Tuesday, sending massive clouds of smoke into the sky and leaving at least 5 dead, officials said.

Hazardous materials, or "hazmat," are defined by the federal government as "substances or chemicals that pose a health hazard, a physical hazard, or harm to the environment," such as unrefined oil ...

Firefighters are often "woefully under-equipped" to handle train accidents that emit hazardous materials. Most of those serious enough to cause evacuations happened near small towns.

The agency removed more than 550 containers of hazardous materials from the site and committed approximately $1.8 million to cleanup efforts.

The Biden-era rules require thousands of hazardous-chemical sites to adopt new safeguards against storms, spills and other risks. By Hiroko Tabuchi The Trump administration has moved to rewrite ...