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The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is looking into how toxic waste made its way into a Dartmouth neighborhood.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is conducting an investigation into the discovery of contaminants in a Dartmouth neighborhood.

NEW BEDFORD - The Boston University Superfund Research Program has released the results of a years-long study concerning contamination in the New Bedford Harbor. A press conference held Thursday at Riverside Park in New Bedford released those results, which Dr...

The Environmental Protection Agency is changing its plans to dispose of contaminated sediment from New Bedford's harbor cleanup along the shoreline.

The EPA held a public meeting in Fairhaven Wednesday night, but many who attended left with unanswered questions.

It's a prime example of natural selection at work. A species of fish in the New Bedford Harbor has adapted and is now thriving, even though the sediment has been contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) for decades. Mark Hahn, a senior scientist in biology at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is the co-author of a new report on New Bedford's killifish population...

Fairhaven's Board of Selectmen has joined with other elected bodies and officials in opposing the New Bedford Harbor cleanup settlement. The Board approved a letter to the Department of Justice Tuesday, taking issue with the the $366 million dollar agreement between the EPA and AVX Corporation...

The EPA is still mulling over the South Terminal Maritime Project, a decision that will either give approval to the construction phase, or stall it. Nevertheless, engineers with Apex Companies LLC have already drawn up remediation plans for the site just north of the hurricane barrier, as low concentration PCB pockets are scattered on land and in the harbor...

The parent company of Aerovox has reached a settlement with the EPA regarding the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site.

Today, the greater community of New Bedford lost a true champion for people of color and everyone else.