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Turkey hunting in the Lone Star State has dried up along with the state's water
With spring practices underway, football players are 11 times more likely to suffer heat illnesses than all other high school sports combined
Spending about 100 hours each month in the air, new research shows that flight attendants fly along with some of the highest levels ever measured for some flame retardants
Scientists are discovering that sea turtles are highly contaminated with industrial chemicals and pesticides
Farmers employ more and more fungicides of unknown safety, contaminating nearby waterways that suffer from inadequate oversight
The new rules would cut down on the use of flame retardants that have been linked to human health effects
Matthew Tejada will lead the fight against pollution landing more often on the nation's poorest neighborhoods
Couches and household textiles remain a major source of retardants, which can build up in our bodies and the environment. Some of the semi-volatile chemicals have been linked to cancer and altered hormones in children
Slowing ships can dramatically cut pollution, but few harbors have initiated such efforts
The poor and minority communities bear most of the health burden from coal-fired power plants
Pregnant rats exposed to an industrial pollutant passed on a variety of diseases to three generations of descendants
The tunafish often served in school lunches may contain too much mercury, according to environmentalists' testing
Results from a new study suggest that a pesticide banned from homes but still used on farms impairs boys' memories
Scaling back the intensity of football practice due to hot weather was once laughable, but many states are enacting such rules to prevent heat-related deaths
Exposure to PCBs in the soil in Anniston, Ala., has left residents fighting diabetes and other health effects
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