Dublin, Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn among port cities more choked by sulphur oxides from ferries, analysis shows ...

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More than 70% of American adults are very or somewhat concerned about exposure to toxic chemicals in their food and drinking water, according to a new survey by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Public ...

Combining wireless electromagnetic (EMF) radiation exposure with known carcinogen hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) — the industrial contaminant highlighted in the film "Erin Brockovich") — significantly ...

Four international cardiology societies — the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, and the World Heart Federation — issued a joint ...

A recent study published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research found that plastic pacifiers could expose children to bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical known to harm reproductive, ...

A urine sample taken from Gunnar that day contained 11 harmful industrial chemicals, including benzene, toluene, naphthalene, and lesser-known chemicals linked to a range of health effects including ...

The Pittsburgh District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers completed construction of the Kinzua Dam in 1965 and manages it to this day. In 1936, Congress authorized the building of the dam ...

Residents from eight fenceline communities said that they were perpetually impacted by air, water, light, noise, and odor pollution. Common petrochemical pollutants include PM2.5, benzene, ...

It is common to hear that food chemical regulations in the EU are more protective of human health than in the U.S. The latest example is the recent ban of four food additives in California. The ...

PARKERSBURG, W. Va. – Tommy Joyce is no cinephile. The last movie he saw in a theater was the remake of "True Grit" nearly a decade ago. "I'd rather watch squirrels run in the woods" than sit through ...

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, extracts natural oil and gas from the Earth by drilling deep wells and injecting huge volumes of water and chemicals at high pressure. Previous research has shown ...