Stories by Environmental Health News

The Minamata Convention, a United Nations pact launched Thursday, is designed to limit mercury use and emissions internationally

The UN mercury treaty now bears Minamata’s name. This creates a special obligation to meet the demands of mercury-poisoned victims in the Japanese seaside city

Scientists have documented for the first time that banned flame retardants have declined in people in the United States in a small study

The impacts of air pollution on the lungs and the heart have been widely documented for decades. But until now, few researchers have paid attention to the gastrointestinal tract

Women in Northern California farm towns gave birth to smaller babies if they lived within three miles of strawberry fields and other crops treated with the pesticide methyl bromide, according to researchers

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

Companies and public health agencies are trying to develop low-toxic and inexpensive—yet powerful and long-lasting—new insecticides

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

Communities in rural Georgia may soon get a reprieve from the pollution associated with coal-fired power plants

Coal-fired power is losing its grip in the U.S. and the Northeast is leading the way, as part one of this two part series explores

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

New research has found that the pharmaceuticals, which are frequently showing up in U.S. streams, can alter genes responsible for building fish brains and controlling their behavior

One of the world's largest producers of personal care products, J&J has vowed to remove many chemicals from its baby products

An analysis of toys and other children's products finds low levels of dozens of industrial chemicals

Three out of four children in remote communities have blood lead levels higher than those considered excessive in the U.S.

More than 50,000 high-polluting diesel engines have been cleaned up or removed from U.S. roads in a federal program

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

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

Contaminated food and shelter may be affecting baby minks and threatening population recoveries

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

Fish in lakes tainted with heavy metals are losing their sense of smell