MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, AR (KAIT) - Mississippi County is one of the only Region 8 counties without a gravel pit, according to the road department. This shortage of gravel has the road department using ...

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa county has stopped using slag as the gravel on its roads, at least temporarily, because a state toxicologist reported that the steel manufacturing byproduct ...

Dust from waste material used to cover gravel roads in Iowa could be hurting the health of children and adults who are exposed, according to a report from a state toxicologist. Toddlers and ...

Concerns are being raised about the health impact of a byproduct from the steel-making process being used on gravel roads in eastern Iowa. Muscatine County leaders have suspended the use of steel ...

Dust from a steel byproduct used to cover gravel roads in Muscatine County, Iowa, may be harmful to kids' health, a new report finds. Slag, a byproduct of steel manufacturing, has been used to ...

Qatar is paving way for green-construction in the region with its innovative eco and economy friendly alternatives for construction materials. Construction firms in Qatar are planning to use recycled ...

Officials in an eastern Iowa county have suspended the use of a waste material on gravel roads because of concerns it could be harmful, especially to children. The Muscatine Journal reports that ...

MUSCATINE, Ia. — An eastern Iowa county has stopped using slag as the gravel on its roads, at least temporarily, because a state toxicologist reported that the steel manufacturing byproduct could be ...