Several different volatile and semi-volatile contaminants find their way into water sources and terrestrial bodies around the world. In the United States, stipulated US-EPA methods are followed to ...

Semi-volatile organic compounds, or SVOCs for short, are a broad group of moderate volatility substances that possess extremely different chemical characteristics and properties. These compounds ...

New research has found that wildland fires may be releasing far more air-polluting gases than previously thought. The ...

A study reports that, around the world, wildfires and prescribed burns could emit substantially more gases, including ones that contribute to air pollution, than previously thought.

Researchers have completed the most comprehensive study to date on how a class of persistent pollutants called semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) are associated with the gut microbiome in human ...

We always assume that industrial waste or harsh chemicals are polluting our environment but situation here is quite different ...

Scientists have discovered that wildfires release far more air-polluting gases than previously estimated. Many of these ...

FLINT, MI -- State environmental officials say they have pinpointed a breach that caused a spill of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds into the Flint River last month and say they have also ...