Stories by Environmental Health News

Scientists are discovering that sea turtles are highly contaminated with industrial chemicals and pesticides

A deposit of 110 tons of the banned pesticide has rapidly shrunk on the ocean floor and cast doubt on the need to mount an expensive cleanup

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

Kids exposed to a commonplace chemical early in life are more likely to have asthma, according to a study published today

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

The lives of mothers, daughters and granddaughters in the Bay Area may offer clues to the link between chemical exposure and disease

Vials of blood from the 1960s may help resolve why women without a family history still developed breast cancer

Farmers employ more and more fungicides of unknown safety, contaminating nearby waterways that suffer from inadequate oversight

Scientists continue to disagree over whether the low doses of bisphenol A in canned foods and other consumer products pose a danger

An international team of experts reported today that evidence linking hormone-mimicking chemicals to human health problems has grown stronger over the past decade

The mud used to make adobe homes soaked up centuries of mercury emissions and scientists are trying to determine if the walls pose a health hazard

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

The new rules would cut down on the use of flame retardants that have been linked to human health effects

Hormonelike pollutants in the Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles were not responsible for the intersex fish

African-American children with high levels of hormone-altering chemicals known as phthalates are more likely to be obese, according to new research

Under state law, items that contain a certain level of the chemical bisphenol A would need warning signs for consumers

Matthew Tejada will lead the fight against pollution landing more often on the nation's poorest neighborhoods

New mercury emissions seem to be more of a threat than the mercury already out there from previous emissions, according to some scientists

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

New national drinking water rules are expected to lead to fewer pathogens flowing out of the tap

New toilets allow villagers to collect urine to use as fertilizer

Baby fish exposed to hormone-laden manure from Indiana farms were much more likely to be male than those raised in uncontaminated water, according to new research

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, responding to scientists' concerns, will now study whether low doses of hormonelike chemicals cause human harm

Most doctors do not warn pregnant patients about chemicals, pesticides or even mercury contamination