Stories by Environmental Health News

Like a growing number of Californians, Latino residents of East Orosi are paying for water that's not fit to drink

Stress combines with pollution to make some children more susceptible to health problems

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stunned scientists by canceling the four-year program less than three weeks before the deadline for grant proposals

Thousands of dead or dying dolphins have washed ashore in Peru since January, a marine mystery potentially caused by a combination of stress, pollution and disease

The gases produced when materials containing flame retardants burn may be making fires more lethal

Scientists seek "fundamental changes" in testing and regulation of chemicals that mimic human hormones

Children exposed to higher levels of PCBs in the womb, score lower on focus and concentration tests

Around the world, breathing a variety of air pollutants--in some cases for a single day--increases the chance that people will suffer heart attacks, according to a new analysis

Signs are emerging that children are suffering from exposure to cadmium, a widespread heavy metal

Children under five living near a chemical plant in West Virginia were found to have higher concentrations of an industrial chemical than their mothers

Anastas is leaving the EPA to return to academia but still maintains that green chemistry "can meet environmental and economic goals simultaneously"

A new study documents how heavy metal poisoning killed Nigerian children whose families were involved in processing gold ore

Some scientists now urge a reassessment of "BVO" because they wonder whether it has some of the same risks as brominated flame retardants

Women who drink water contaminated with low levels of the weed killer atrazine may be more likely to have irregular menstruation and low estrogen levels, according to a new study

Over the past 10 years, there have been hundreds of accidents involving chlorine nationwide, injuring thousands

New research has turned up evidence of a link between endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the environment and an inability to get pregnant

Government scientists are investigating the connection between air pollution and an array of health effects, including asthma, heart disease and autism

Private drinking water wells are unmonitored and unregulated, but often contaminated with potentially dangerous elements

Hardly anyone has heard of them, but millions of pounds of glymes are used every year to make household products

In big cities, cyclists breathe an array of pollutants from exhaust-spewing cars and trucks

Although many experts have long debated the role of the environment in breast cancer, the possibility that chemicals are changing how and when breasts develop is a relatively new concern for scientists

The EPA estimates that the US has more than 450,000 brownfield sites, abandoned industrial and commercial facilities

Eight different flame-retarding chemicals, including one banned from baby pajamas in the 1970s, can be found in an array of baby products