Category: Environmental

Earlier this year, in 2018, a series of wildfires broke out in California. While this brand of tragedy has become more common in recent memory along the Pacific Coast of

In the 1980s, an oceanic exploration team led by Dr. Robert Ballard attempted the impossible: to discover the wreck of the ill-fated Titanic. The Titanic – whose tale has been

In our ongoing quest to safeguard the environment, ecoSPEARS turns the spotlight on a group of insidious environmental villains: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). These include notorious chemicals like Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDTs),

For months our team has shared a string of articles focusing on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). These toxic cancer-causing chemicals are organic man-made compounds originally used in electronic appliances, fire retardants,

The Lucas Avenue Superfund site in Dunkirk, NY has been determined to have subterranean levels of contamination “much higher than expected” according to City DPW Director Randy Woodbury. The contamination