Early exposure to air pollution could affect brain development and mental health later in life: new research
The effects of childhood exposure to poor air quality may be small for the individual, but at a population level, they could ...
Serious health issues including stroke and diabetes linked to microplastics found in food and water
According to the researchers' results, microplastics concentration contributes to stroke risk. It is even comparable to other ...
Residue from human waste has long wound up as farm fertilizer. Some neighbors hate it
When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more than 20 years ago, she thought she’d found a slice of heaven.
The Science on Weight and Health Is More Complicated Than You Think
Decades of research and news articles espousing an “obesity epidemic” and tons of weight-loss products launched under the ...
NIH ends future funding to study the health effects of climate change
The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to ...
These are the impacts some scientists fear most from EPA deregulation
Several of the environmental benefits Americans experience today -- clean air, clean water, clean rain -- could soon be in ...