Stories by Marla Cone

Federal officials now recommend consumption of at least 8 ounces of low-mercury fish per week

Photographs portray the wide variety of environmental health problems that have afflicted people and ecosystems from Ho Chi Minh City to Lake Erie

It was a year when people were fed up with pipelines from Canada, fracking, coal trains and other environmental messes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Many agricultural pesticides disrupt male hormones, according to new tests

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Academy of Sciences will collaborate to ensure the agency's policies are driven by sustainability

Kitchen cleaners, glass sprays and other household cleaning products will be reformulated to reduce smog-forming compounds

Los Angeles, Cleveland, Muncie, and 13 other U.S. areas violate new lead standard, EPA says

Children who sleep in bedrooms containing fumes from water-based paints and solvents are two to four times more likely to suffer allergies or asthma, according to a new scientific study

More than 90 percent of pregnant women had detectable levels of BPA from a variety of sources, according to new research