Considered inconceivable just a decade ago, achieving the federal target for fine particulates is perhaps one of the nation’s greatest environmental success stories. But the victory will be short-lived...
New, unpublished research has found that polychlorinated biphenyls – banned in the United States 35 years ago – are leaching out of clothing and printed materials from around the world...
Scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have found that bisphenol A does not affect the health of rats fed low doses. Other scientists say the study is flawed
Exposure to low levels of bisphenol A during development may make men more susceptible to prostate cancer later in life, according to a new study
With billions of pounds of salt spread on U.S. roads every year, researchers say that rivers, streams and lakes in the nation’s wintry cities are getting saltier
Traces of 18 unregulated contaminants were found in the water from one-third of utilities in sampling across the U.S. by federal scientists.
Only about half of the prescription drugs and other newly emerging contaminants in sewage are removed by treatment plants says a new report
Mothers and children of a tribe in Canada’s highly industrialized region have elevated levels of estrogen-blocking chemicals
Children exposed in the womb to two chlorinated chemicals widely found in the environment are more likely to develop asthma by the age of 20, according to new research in Denmark
As countries’ human life expectancy grows, so do their numbers of invasive and endangered species, according to a new study
Under a new global treaty that limits the use of mercury, some lightbulbs, batteries, thermometers and other medical devices will be banned. But eye makeup is exempt
The Minamata Convention, a United Nations pact launched Thursday, is designed to limit mercury use and emissions internationally
On the shore of Lake Superior, the Keweenaw Bay Indians are raising walleye in addition to the traditional trout at their hatchery. They need to keep pace with their changing lake
Prescription drugs have been found far from Milwaukee's sewage outfalls, suggesting the lake is not diluting the compounds as scientists expected
Mancelona, Mich., suffers from one of the nation's largest plumes of an industrial solvent called trichloroethylene
Increasing downpours as a result of climate change have overwhelmed the struggling city's outdated sewers
Baby mice exposed in the womb to low doses – but not high doses – of bisphenol A were fatter and had metabolic changes linked to obesity and diabetes, according to a new study
The agency is responding to a report written by 12 scientists who criticized the government’s decades-old strategy for testing the safety of many chemicals found in the environment and consumer products...
The report by New York University researchers is the first to calculate the economic cost of children exposed to lead in Africa, Asia, Latin America and other developing regions
Babies born in areas with high airborne levels of mercury, diesel exhaust, lead, manganese, nickel and methylene chloride were more likely to have autism than those in areas with lower pollution...
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