The Navy began a chemical cleanup Friday that it hopes will eventually lead to a blueprint for other communities across the nation to follow when removing the contaminant MTBE from water sources.

MTBE: Methyl Tertiary ... It's the kind of research we should have insisted upon for any new chemical that was coming out on the market," says Dr. Bernard Goldstein at Rutgers University.

Chevron Corp. and other big oil companies have agreed to pay $422 million to settle a major lawsuit over the gasoline additive MTBE, and much of the money will go to plaintiffs in California. The ...

In California, the chemical has leaked from underground fuel tanks and contaminated 10,000 shallow groundwater sites, including more than 1,000 in the Bay Area. It has also been found in dozens of ...

It was created to clean the air. Today, it’s contaminating the water. The irony of MTBE doesn’t escape the hundreds of residents and businesspeople in Bucks and Montgomery counties who … ...

MTBE, or methyl tertiary butyl ether, is a chemical added to gasoline to boost its octane level and cut air pollution. It was first added to gasoline in 1979, but its use declined after it was ...

Santa Monica city officials had no idea they would trigger an international legal brawl when they sent their water out for routine testing in 1996 and discovered it contained the foul-smelling ...

The chemical tanker was carrying about 216,000 barrels of MTBE, according to the Coast Guard. As of Tuesday morning, Reuters reports , there were 36 ships waiting to enter the channel and 28 ...

MTBE, or methyl tertiary butyl ether, is a chemical compound added as an "oxygenator" to make gasoline burn cleaner and reduce air pollutants. However, the chemical has become a potential water ...

MTBE, or methyl tertiary butyl ether, is added to gasoline to reduce air pollution. But the chemical, a suspected carcinogen, pollutes groundwater far more readily than gasoline alone.

The next idea wasn't all that bad—getting rid of the lead by substituting methyl t-butyl ether (1,2) (MTBE), but it didn't work out as expected. There were two problems with this substitute, which ...

The jury also said that Houston-based Lyondell Chemical Co., which makes MTBE, and Shell acted with malice in failing to disclose MTBE's dangers, Sher said. Advertisement.