Inspection follows March warning to scrapyards that they could face $180,000 fines if found to be working without the necessary equipment and facilities to minimize pollution

Environmental Protection Ministry confirms that waste, recently removed, was stored correctly and posed no risk

Proposals include expanding right of businesses to appeal; advocacy group urges, 'Don't let bureaucratic simplification water down environmental demands'

Burning Israeli scrap for valuable raw metals is a fatal source of income for thousands of Palestinians, sending cancer rates skyrocketing in villages near Hebron

Rotem Amfert and parent company the ICL Group guarantee to clean up decades of waste caused by phosphorus mining, rehabilitate soil and water

With underwater drones using sonar technology, oceanographers map 'staggering' amounts chemical waste on seafloor between Santa Catalina Island and Los Angeles coast