



Fifteen Major League Baseball teams bring players to Arizona for spring training every year where the athletes are exposed to a lung disease that's on the rise as the region's climate warms and dries
By Brian Bienkowski and The Daily Climate | May 9, 2013
More than 50,000 high-polluting diesel engines have been cleaned up or removed from U.S. roads in a federal program
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | May 1, 2013 | 4
On the brink of a federal review, chemicals found in deodorants, lotions and hair conditioners are showing up in Chicago's air at potentially alarming levels
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | Apr 30, 2013 | 3
Just in time for swimsuit season, federal researchers are touting a faster, more accurate water-quality test to keep beaches open and people healthy. But it’s expensive
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | Apr 15, 2013 | 1
Contaminated food and shelter may be affecting baby minks and threatening population recoveries
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | Apr 2, 2013
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences suggests it will be "extremely challenging" to cut emissions and oil use by 80 percent by 2050
By Brian Bienkowski and The Daily Climate | Mar 19, 2013 | 29
Fish in lakes tainted with heavy metals are losing their sense of smell
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | Mar 18, 2013 | 2
Kids exposed to a commonplace chemical early in life are more likely to have asthma, according to a study published today
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | Mar 1, 2013 | 1
Armed with new laws, paintbrushes and industrial vacuums, Detroit over the past few years has declared war on the toxic metal--and it appears to be winning
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | Feb 28, 2013 | 10
An international team of experts reported today that evidence linking hormone-mimicking chemicals to human health problems has grown stronger over the past decade
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | Feb 19, 2013 | 7
As a growing population stresses the world's food and water supplies, corporations and investors in wealthy countries are buying up foreign farmland and the freshwater perks that come with it
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | Feb 12, 2013 | 6
African-American children with high levels of hormone-altering chemicals known as phthalates are more likely to be obese, according to new research
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | Feb 4, 2013 | 9
New mercury emissions seem to be more of a threat than the mercury already out there from previous emissions, according to some scientists
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | Jan 18, 2013 | 6
Just like the controversial compound it's designed to replace, a chemical used in consumer products messes with the endocrine system, according to new research
By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News | Jan 17, 2013 | 4
A new report urges that federal efforts to combat rising ocean acidity must focus on effects on people and the economy
By Brian Bienkowski and DailyClimate.org | Jan 11, 2013 | 11
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