



Ocean waters are clean enough again to support oysters but global warming could undermine recent gains
By Lindsey Konkel and The Daily Climate | Apr 17, 2013 | 7
A study of San Francisco Bay Area women is the first to link DDT exposure in the womb to a greater risk of developing high blood pressure later in life
By Lindsey Konkel and Environmental Health News | Mar 12, 2013 | 7
The lives of mothers, daughters and granddaughters in the Bay Area may offer clues to the link between chemical exposure and disease
By Lindsey Konkel and Environmental Health News | Feb 26, 2013 | 8
Vials of blood from the 1960s may help resolve why women without a family history still developed breast cancer
By Lindsey Konkel and Environmental Health News | Feb 25, 2013 | 4
Big ski resorts have the resources to adapt to global warming but smaller hills may be wiped off the map as New England's winters change
By Lindsey Konkel and DailyClimate.org | Dec 13, 2012 | 33
Beset by subtle biases, women are struggling to find their place in academia, with consequences for all of us
By Lindsey Konkel and DailyClimate.org | Nov 6, 2012 | 1
A one-time climatologist leaves academia and finds greater satisfaction—and opportunities to make a difference—running a pickle factory
By Lindsey Konkel and DailyClimate.org | Nov 5, 2012 | 8
Dogs and cats now suffer from obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and more, just like humans, and researchers are now investigating common risk factors for pets and owners
By Lindsey Konkel and Environmental Health News | Sep 25, 2012 | 2
Chemicals that mimic the human hormone may increase the risk of uterine and ovarian diseases
By Lindsey Konkel and Environmental Health News | Jul 31, 2012 | 4
Stress combines with pollution to make some children more susceptible to health problems
By Lindsey Konkel and Environmental Health News | Jun 6, 2012 | 1
Children exposed to higher levels of PCBs in the womb, score lower on focus and concentration tests
By Lindsey Konkel and Environmental Health News | Mar 5, 2012 | 8
Women who drink water contaminated with low levels of the weed-killer atrazine may be more likely to have irregular menstruation and low estrogen levels, according to a new study
By Lindsey Konkel and Environmental Health News | Nov 28, 2011 | 3
New research has turned up evidence of a link between endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the environment and an inability to get pregnant
By Lindsey Konkel and Environmental Health News | Oct 12, 2011 | 1
The jury is out on the balance of benefit and harm from testing for dementia that results from an incurable disease
By Lindsey Konkel | Jun 16, 2010 | 7
New evidence suggests that breathing nickel and other metals can lead to lung and heart damage, and even death
By Lindsey Konkel and Environmental Health News | Dec 17, 2009 | 3
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