Residents near a Lancashire chemical plant have high Pfas levels in their blood. A decade of research shows what that can and can’t tell us.
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Mold spores, 90-degree classrooms and aging pipes: An environmental health expert explains why Pennsylvania’s old schools are harder on kids than adults.
One in three people worldwide carry a brain-dwelling parasite. Should that keep us awake at night? And are you at risk if you don’t have a cat?
Environmental DNA contained in a small sample of water, sand or even air can reveal the presence of people, wildlife and pathogens, helping researchers track where they’ve migrated.
There’s no such thing as a ‘chemical-free’ life, but some simple steps can help you minimize exposures to daily chemicals.
Two experts explain why staying focused, especially in our modern world, can be so hard.
The outbreak isn’t widespread, so the risk to humans is low. But it does have the potential to cause severe illness.
Paraquat is one of the most widely used herbicides around the world. An expert explains what we know about the risk of Parkinson’s disease.
The number of ozone-related premature deaths due to wildfires is also rising.
New research offers a cautionary tale about the difficulty of removing ‘forever chemicals’ from the environment.
Your body likely contains an accumulation of various PFAS types, making it difficult to trace them to their sources.
The move reshapes how future assessments of chemical dangers will be carried out, and if they’ll be ignored, delayed or understated to benefit industry.
The EPA’s new interpretations are strategically designed to appeal to the current US Supreme Court’s view of agency authority.
Don’t be a selfie tragic. Avoid dead whales, rock ledges and hungry sharks. Oh, and the carcass might explode.
In the wake of the WHO’s One Health summit, a new atlas explores the interdependency between environmental, health and food security issues, and strategies for supporting sustainability and the welfare of all life forms.
The gain isn’t huge, but it’s a notable improvement – similar to what people experience when they start exercising more.
As sea levels rise, increasing amounts of salt water are leaking into freshwater supplies worldwide.
A new study reveals how the lake bed’s toxic dust impairs lung development in children living nearby.
The Clean Air Act gave California the authority to issue tough pollution standards for vehicles, with EPA approval. The Trump administration is now trying to stop it.
Feeling part of something larger than yourself may make it easier to cope with stress and uncertainty.
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Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Middlebury College
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Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupation Health, University of California, Irvine; University of Southern California
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University
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Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Professor, Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara
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Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Adelaide University
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Honorary Associate Professor in Environmental Health, Australian National University
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Specialist scientist, South African Medical Research Council
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Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University