Browsing: Contaminants
Improving Water Quality Restoration: Targeting Emerging Contaminants Amid Funding Cuts
By Terrain News
In December 2025, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released a draft report showing that 37% of the state’s stream miles are impaired, an increase…
The article discusses the environmental tragedy caused by the collapse of the Fundão dam in Mariana, Brazil, on November 5, 2015, which discharged around 50 million…
Exploring Urban Stormwater Contaminants: A Model for 6PPD-Quinone Hotspots and Stream Levels
By Terrain News
The article discusses the acute toxicity of 6PPD-Quinone (6PPD-Q), a contaminant from urban stormwater runoff primarily attributed to tire rubber, on coho salmon in the Longfellow…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will use the Will Rogers State Beach parking lot for staging and processing household hazardous waste from the Palisades Fire.…