Health
Undergoing Fertility Treatment? Watch Your Plastics
Evidence mounts that BPA reduces the chances of success for in-vitro fertilization
Stories by Brian Bienkowski
Environment
Toxic Coal Ash Hits Poor and Minority Communities Hardest
A federal civil rights probe seeks to understand why the poorest bear the burden of waste from coal burning
Health
Germ-Killing Bathroom Sprays Appear to Weaken Fertility
Some products impact sperm production and ovulation in mice
Environment
DDT Linked to Abnormal Sperm
High DDT and PCB exposure during adolescence and adulthood is associated with abnormal chromosomes in sperm
Environment
Can Farming Practices in Oklahoma Solve Climate Change?
The Sooner State is part of a trend toward leaving farmland untilled to tackle runoff and climate change, but some remain wary of associated pesticide use
Health
BPA Linked to Low Birth Weights in Baby Girls
Pregnant women with high levels of BPA in their blood during their first trimester were more likely to have baby girls with low birth weights
Environment
Can Planting Trees Make Up for Warming River Water?
An Oregon wastewater plant chooses to offset discharges by restoring riverside
Environment
Dirty Air Correlates with Lower Grades in Texas Schoolchildren
El Paso school kids with higher exposure to air pollution had worse grades
Environment
Cleaner Bluefish Suggest Coal Rules Work
A large drop in fish mercury levels suggests that U.S. efforts to clean up coal are working
Environment
Is Your Child Coloring with Asbestos?
Cancer-causing asbestos fibers were found in several children’s crayon brands and a couple crime kits, all sold in the U.S.
Health
BPA Still Widely Used in Canned Goods
Survey of canned-good brands finds hormone-mimicking compound still widely used
Public Health
BPA May Prompt More Fat in the Human Body
New research suggests that humans transform the chemical into a compound linked to obesity
Environment
Bacteria May Be Remaking Drugs in Sewage
Microbes that clean water may also be piecing some pharmaceuticals back together
Environment
Poor Communities Bear Greatest Burden from Fracking
Poor in Pennsylvania? You're more likely to be fracked
Environment
Diabetes Drug Makes Male Minnows More Female
Exposure to metformin, a first-line treatment for type-2 diabetes, feminizes male minnows and impacts fertility at levels common in wastewater effluent
Health
Scientists Warn of Hormone Impacts from Common Solvents
Researchers warn that benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene may disrupt people’s hormone systems at levels deemed “safe” by feds
Environment
Hormone-Mimicking Chemicals Found throughout Great Lakes
Chemicals that make it through sewage treatment are found throughout Great Lakes waterways
Environment
Detroit Fleet Cleans Up through Federal Program with an Uncertain Future
Diesel pollution has been cut by about 45,000 tons over the past five years through engine upgrades and replacements
Environment
Historical Fur Trade Proves a Suspect in Modern Mercury Contamination
In Minnesota, high levels of mercury may date back to the 1700s
Environment
Pig Poop Fouls North Carolina Streams
Streams near large pig farms have high levels of harmful bacteria from animal feces
