Exposure to a common plastic chemical before and shortly after birth may have lasting effects on behavior. Researchers found that male rats exposed early in life to DEHP—a plasticizer used in products ...

The remaining 16,000 residents of a Southern California city were allowed to return home Tuesday, days after the threat of a catastrophic explosion at a chemical tank prompted fears of an ...

One person is confirmed dead and nine others are unaccounted for after a Washington state chemical implosion that has proven to be even larger than previously reported. A vat containing around 900,000 ...

Fox News correspondent Max Gorden reports on firefighters’ efforts to cool a chemical tank in danger of exploding on ‘Fox Report.’ Crews responding to the chemical emergency at a Southern California ...

Experts trying to prevent a tank of hazardous chemicals from exploding in Southern California found a "potential crack" in the container that might be reducing the pressure, a fire official said on ...

Recap: Firefighters face ‘unprecedented' Garden Grove chemical tank crisis Orange County authorities are weighing options in a volatile hazardous materials situation involving a toxic chemical tank ...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday declared a state of emergency in Orange County amid ongoing efforts to stabilize a damaged chemical tank at a facility in Garden Grove ...

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