The food supply of Puget Sound’s endangered orcas is contaminated, a team of Canadian and Washington scientists has found. The scientists measured persistent organic pollution concentrations in ...

In 2024, 76% of tested WA beaches showed potentially unsafe fecal bacteria at least once. Jack Hyde, Titlow and Squaxin parks ranked high in contamination test days. Pollution sources in the ...

Eric Risberg / AP The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is recalling oysters harvested from Puget Sound in December, citing possible norovirus contamination. It’s one of several recalls to impact the ...

SEATTLE— Conservation groups filed a notice today of their intent to sue the city of Tacoma, Washington, for discharging toxic wastewater at levels that harm Puget Sound Chinook salmon, protected as ...