Multi-billion dollar companies can have a huge impact, both positively and negatively, on the environment.

Traces of a controversial chemical were found in tap water at a handful of residences and businesses in Chesterfield County and Hopewell in Virginia.

Sayreville officials gave the borough’s water a clean bill of health this week after receiving test results that showed no detectable levels of PFOA, a Teflon-related chemical, reported to be in the water.

Canadian citizens have less protection from harmful products than any other industrialized country in the world, because Canada allows products such as phthalates that are outlawed elsewhere.