We aren't ready to smell like grandpa quite yet. In fact, it's not even healthy to be breathing in mothball air! Sure, mothballs are a common go-to when it comes to protecting clothing and other items ...

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Teens who sniff or chew mothballs to get high may be taking a big health risk. Abusing the chemical in mothballs can cause mental sluggishness, unsteady walking and skin rash, warn French doctors who ...

Three San Francisco-based environmental organizations sued in federal court Monday to force the U.S. Maritime Administration to dispose of most of the ships in the Suisun Bay reserve fleet. The suit ...

Federal scientists have concluded that the mothball fleet of rust-forsaken ships in Suisun Bay has contaminated shellfish and bay mud with toxic heavy metals, but they are not proposing any specific ...

Back in 1965, Lt. George R. Kolbenschlag and Harold E. Switzer wrote in the U.S. Naval Institutes' Proceedings, "The Navy's largest fleet is one which remains at dockside, tied up and unmanned, its ...

SOUTHINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) – Southington police have arrested a woman after she allegedly attempted to feed a dog a chocolate candy with a mothball inside. On Dec. 23, officers were called to a home ...

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