Stories by Environmental Health News

Dredging of a highly contaminated canal has begun to make it deeper for ships, but some experts worry the effort could stir up chemical trouble

Couches and household textiles remain a major source of retardants, which can build up in our bodies and the environment. Some of the semi-volatile chemicals have been linked to cancer and altered hormones in children

Slowing ships can dramatically cut pollution, but few harbors have initiated such efforts

In all of the Great Lakes, old contaminants like DDT are declining but are being replaced by new ones, such as flame retardants

Tiny particles of air pollution contain more hazardous ingredients in nonwhite and low-income communities than in affluent white ones, a new study shows

For decades, indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada have been burdened with health problems linked to environmental pollutants. But that isn’t their only sacrifice: Pollution is crippling some tribal cultures

Beauty products are largely unregulated, according to this special report

A new study is the first to link the ubiquitous chemical--found in hard plastics, canned foods and paper receipts--with altered thyroid hormones in babies

Pregnant rats exposed to an industrial pollutant passed on a variety of diseases to three generations of descendants

Dogs and cats now suffer from obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and more, just like humans, and researchers are now investigating common risk factors for pets and owners

Inuit children exposed to higher levels of these metals are at least three times as likely to be identified as suffering from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

The tunafish often served in school lunches may contain too much mercury, according to environmentalists' testing

White children exposed to high levels of bisphenol A are five times more likely to be obese than peers with low levels of the chemical, according to new research

Health advisories that warn against eating fish tainted with pollution fail to reach people of color

Results from a new study suggest that a pesticide banned from homes but still used on farms impairs boys' memories

Whenever chemicals have been found in lake trout, they have also been found in people throughout North America as far as the Arctic

Chemicals that mimic the human hormone may increase the risk of uterine and ovarian diseases

Phthalates as much as doubled the rate of diabetes in women with the highest exposures

Black-carbon emissions from newer stoves, designed to be safer, were higher than those from traditional fire hearths, a new study finds

One theory is that more fertilizer is washing into the watershed because corn acreage has skyrocketed. But some old nitrate could be bubbling up from contaminated groundwater

Seven million children now suffer from asthma--and they are disproportionately poor

Poor communities, such as East Boston, are on the front lines of the environmental disruptions expected as a result of global warming

Exposure to PCBs in the soil in Anniston, Ala., has left residents fighting diabetes and other health effects

As the bulldozers of a major mining company raze the land and tunnels creep deeper, the Lake Superior Band of Chippewa fight to protect local waters