Sludge is often applied as fertilizer to farmland in South Carolina. It’s considered good for plant growth, but there are growing questions about toxic materials in the sludge. This photo, from March ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- More than two years after Onondaga County officials cut the ribbon on a new wastewater treatment building designed to save $2 million a year, operations in the building finally began ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – Onondaga County’s $23.8 million sludge drying building, plagued by air quality problems that prevent workers from going inside, is going to start up next month, officials say. It’s ...

Emissions test results are in on the city’s 120 petroleum storage tanks. One activist scientist says they are high enough “to merit serious attention,” while a Citgo spokesman says the company is ...

Bladder cancer is a cancer that forms in tissues of the bladder. Most bladder cancers are transitional cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in cells that normally make up the inner lining of the ...

The bladder is a muscular sac located in the pelvis that stores urine until it is excreted from the body through the urethra. Urine produced in the kidneys flows into the bladder via the ureters.

Older adults may not have classic urinary tract infection (UTI) symptoms like burning or frequent urination, and may instead show confusion, lethargy, or falls. Urinary tract infection (UTI) risk ...