- February 14, 2020Policy
The Trump Administration vs. Children
- A new report shows how the most innocent are collateral damage in the war against science being waged by the president and his agencies
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- May 24, 2016Public Health
U.S. Reviews Plan to Infect Mosquitoes with Bacteria to Stop Disease
- Biotech firm seeks government approval to market mosquitoes as a pesticide to prevent spread of Zika and dengue viruses
- Emily Waltz and Nature magazine
- May 28, 2010Biology
Herbal Supplement Sellers Dispense Dangerous Advice, False Claims
- Undercover government employees received consistently false information when shopping for supplements, and analyses show most supplements contain trace amounts of contaminants
- Katherine Harmon
- December 1, 2006Health
Seeds of Concern
- Are genetically modified crops an environmental dream come true or a disaster in the making? Scientists are looking for answers
- Kathryn Brown
- Eating to Live
- 10.1038/scientificamerican1206-40sp
- September 17, 2013Environment
Outdated Lead Exposure Regulations Threaten Thousands of American Workers
- Lax federal regulations allow some workers to accumulate dangerous amounts of lead in their blood, but California is taking the first steps toward safer standards
- Ingfei Chen
- September 11, 2009Environment
Hispanics Face Higher Cancer Risk from Breathing Household Chemicals
- Hispanics face a cancer risk from air pollutants as much as five times the rate of others living in the same cities, thanks to inexpensive deodorizers and moth repellents
- Janet Wilson and Environmental Health News
- August 2, 2012Environment
Great Lakes Trout Serve as Barometer for Global Pollutants
- Whenever chemicals have been found in lake trout, they have also been found in people throughout North America as far as the Arctic
- Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News
- September 20, 2012Environment
Safety Rules for Fracking Disposal Wells Often Ignored
- The growing number of wells used to dispose of wastewater from fracking are subject to lax oversight
- Abrahm Lustgarten and ProPublica
- August 11, 2009Environment
Are Germ-Killing Soaps Affecting Dolphin Development?
- Dolphins are swimming in waters tainted with triclosan, an ingredient in antibacterial soaps and other products, but they aren't winding up squeaky clean
- Brett Israel and Environmental Health News
- October 22, 2014Environment
Country Ham Scrambles for Greenhouse Gas Replacement
- For decades, makers have used methyl bromide to keep ham free of pests but the chemical is being phased out
- Lindsey Konkel and Environmental Health News
- November 17, 2008Environment
Drill for Natural Gas, Pollute Water
- The natural gas industry refuses to reveal what is in the mixture of chemicals used to drill for the fossil fuel
- Abrahm Lustgarten and ProPublica
- February 22, 2013Chemistry
Fungicide Use Surges, Largely Unmonitored
- Farmers employ more and more fungicides of unknown safety, contaminating nearby waterways that suffer from inadequate oversight
- Brett Israel and Environmental Health News
- March 1, 2013The Sciences
No More OJ? An Invasive Insect Threatens the Citrus Industry
- A devastating disease is killing citrus trees from Florida to California
- Anna Kuchment
- Scientific American Volume 308, Issue 3
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0313-52
- Originally published as "The End of Orange Juice" in Scientific American Volume 308, Issue 3
- June 18, 2018Agriculture
Weeds Are Winning the War against Herbicide Resistance
- Herbicides are under evolutionary threat. Can modern agriculture find a new way to fight back?
- Brooke Borel
- June 21, 2012Environment
Are Fracking Wastewater Wells Poisoning the Ground beneath Our Feet?
- Leaking injection wells may pose a risk--and the science has not kept pace with the growing glut of wastewater
- Abrahm Lustgarten and ProPublica
- June 23, 1997Environment
Interview with Barry Commoner
- A leading environmentalist reviews his long, contentious past and sets new directions for the future
- Alan Hall
- April 21, 2010The Sciences
Toxicology: The big test for bisphenol A
- After years of wrangling over the chemical's toxicity, researchers are charting a new way forwards. Brendan Borrell investigates how the debate has reshaped environmental-health studies...
- June 1, 1986The Sciences
Science and the Citizen, June 1986
- Scientific American Volume 254, Issue 6
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0686-62
- Originally published as "Science and the Citizen" in Scientific American Volume 254, Issue 6
- March 1, 2017Biotech
A Beetle Is Destroying U.S. Corn, So Scientists Are Punching at the Insect's Genes
- Technology to defeat the corn rootworm, scientists worry, will work only briefly against an inventive foe
- Hannah Nordhaus
- Scientific American Volume 316, Issue 3
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0317-64
- Originally published as "Cornboy vs. the Billion-Dollar Bug" in Scientific American Volume 316, Issue 3
- January 2, 2014Environment
2013 Saw Environmental Protests, Regulatory Conflicts of Interest and Lingering Mysteries
- It was a year when people were fed up with pipelines from Canada, fracking, coal trains and other environmental messes
- Marla Cone and Environmental Health News
