
EPA Launches Sustainability Reform Effort
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Academy of Sciences will collaborate to ensure the agency's policies are driven by sustainability
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
Twenty-five years after the worst outbreak of pesticide poisoning in U.S. history, an agreement is announced that phases out all uses of aldicarb
A study in Krakow, Poland, corroborates New York City findings that link children's lower IQ scores with mothers' exposure to compounds created by burning fossil fuels
High levels of brominated flame retardants can alter pregnant women’s thyroid hormones, which are critical to a baby’s growth and brain development, according to a California study
The EPA, declaring that endosulfan is unsafe for farm workers, moves to ban one of the last organochlorine pesticides left in the U.S. Like DDT, endosulfan accumulates in the environment and in the bodies of people and wildlife, and is transported around the world to remote places...
A presidential panel warns about human exposure to carcinogens
Warning that the powerful poisons can endanger dogs and cats, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will require new instructions and labeling for flea products
A study of New York City students found that phthalate exposure was linked to behavioral problems
For the first time, scientists have found evidence that flame retardants ubiquitous in homes and in the environment may be reducing human fertility
California scientists have identified autism clusters where children are twice as likely to have autism and mostly have highly educated parents
The state sets new standards for the carcinogen that made Erin Brockovich famous
California finding bolsters theory linking neurological ailment to insecticides
Hypospadias is apparently not on the rise in the U.S., casting doubt on claims that phthalates and other endocrine disruptors cause reproductive abnormalities in humans
Mothers living near freeways and congested roads are more likely to give birth to premature babies and suffer from preeclampsia
A new study shows that diesel trucks and buses are spewing far less soot and smog into the air than they did just a few years ago
A new study finds that diabetics had higher levels of selenium, a mineral found in U.S. soil but also some dietary supplements
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