Lead poisoning hits low-income...
Children from low-income families may be more susceptible to toxic environmental hazards such as lead exposure
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A Georgia town welcomed America’s largest coal plant. Now, residents worry it’s contaminating their water.
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One of the best things you can do for your health is to cut back on foods with added sugar. Our 7-Day Sugar Challenge will show you how.
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In a new report released this week, we show that climate change poses dire threats to farmworkers.
read moreThe Next Generation of Childre...
New study finds that hot weather increases the risk of early childbirth.
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Why does falling life expectancy track political orientation?
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It turns out you can still be a high-performing athlete on a plant-based diet.
read moreDwindling tropical rainforests...
Growing up in Tanzania, I knew that fruit trees were useful. Climbing a mango tree to pick a fruit was a common thing to do when I was hungry, even though at times there were unintended consequences.
read moreCities Worldwide Are Reimagini...
At a time when most of humanity lives in cities, where do cars belong — especially the old, polluting ones that make city air foul for people to breathe?
read moreClimate change will affect “ev...
A baby born today will face higher risks of disease and undernutrition because of climate change, according to a new report in The Lancet.
read moreClimate Change Affects Student...
Education is a fundamental right, codified in the constitutions of nearly half of the 50 states including California and in international law.
read moreWhy New Delhi’s air is always ...
India’s capital city of New Delhi has been making headlines this week for its abysmal air quality as the concentration of particulate matter reached above 400 micrograms per cubic meter, 20 times the levels deemed healthy by the World Health Organization and the worst the city has seen since 2016.
read moreEven Louisiana’s Wealthier Nei...
Industrial development usually targets poor communities, but Ascension Parish is one of the richest, and most toxic, places in Louisiana. Some residents say the financial benefits of living there outweigh the risks.
read moreWildfires Are Making Californi...
A new study examines the human health costs of the fires.
read moreTOP U.S. TOXICOLOGIST WAS BARR...
THE WIDESPREAD ENVIRONMENTAL contaminants known as PFAS cause multiple health problems in people, according to Linda Birnbaum, who retired as director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program earlier this month.
read more6 Years After Exxon’s Oi...
In sealed depositions, Mayflower residents describe illnesses, property damage and a smell that still haunts them. Some say they felt pressured to sign settlements.
read moreTo Treat Chronic Ailments, Fix...
For many patients, the right food may be the best medicine.
read moreAs the Planet Warms, Diseases ...
As illnesses like Valley fever emerge in new areas, health officials keep residents informed instead of in fear.
read moreDOCUMENTS REVEAL HOSPITAL INDU...
INVESTOR-OWNED HOSPITALS are leading the fight against the creation of a comprehensive, universal health care system, according to corporate filings reviewed by MapLight and The Intercept.
read moreManaging Water in an Unpredict...
In southern Nevada, the problem is drought. Nineteen years of declining snowpack in the mountains that make up the Colorado River water basin has caused Lake Mead, the region’s primary source of drinking water, to drop about 130 feet.
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If you’ve ever said “Donald Trump makes me sick,” it was probably a metaphorical statement. Or was it?
read moreThe Country’s “Most Polluted A...
“This is political retribution against California, plain and simple.”
read moreParticulate Matter Air Polluti...
Air pollution is a complicated mixture that includes both invisible gases and solid particles or liquid droplets that float in the air. These pollutants are everywhere—in your home and workplace, in your neighborhood park, near busy (and not-so busy) roadways. And they can make us very sick.
read moreCourt: Trump’s EPA Can’t...
A Trump-appointed judge was involved in the ruling. Without a strong plan for cutting coal power plant emissions, meeting ozone requirements gets much harder.
read moreExecutive Order Creates Influe...
On Sept. 19, 2019, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order, “Modernizing Influenza Vaccines in the United State to Promote National Security and Public Health.
read moreVaccine Mandates for Everyone,...
In the United States, those who are vaccine risk-aware have much to be concerned about right now.
read moreJust How Good Is the Impossibl...
Meat consumption is a huge driver of global warming, from deforestation to cow farts. Meatless meat isn’t a miracle, though.
read moreVaccine Mandates for Everyone,...
In the United States, those who are vaccine risk-aware have much to be concerned about right now.
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