- Many Native Americans can't get clean water, report findson November 19, 2019 at 12:12 pm
A new report from DigDeep and the U.S. Water Alliance found race is the strongest predictor of water and sanitation access. This has implications...
- "Here we are again:" Decades after PBB crisis, echos seen in current PFAS crisison November 19, 2019 at 12:11 pm
In 1973, an accident at a chemical plant in the small town of St. Louis in the middle of Michigan's mitten triggered one of the largest mass...
- Screening reveals 4,500 kids in New Jersey have elevated blood-lead levelson November 19, 2019 at 11:53 am
Stricter guidelines help identify four times more children at risk of lead poisoning in 2018 than year before.
- Hyatt announces single-use plastic plan that will eliminate mini toiletrieson November 19, 2019 at 12:23 am
For many travelers, checking into your hotel and being greeted by an assortment of mini toiletries lining the bathroom counter is a staple experi...
- Got Science? Podcast: Scaling mountains to ban toxic chemicals in pajamason November 18, 2019 at 3:51 pm
Scientist and adventurer Arlene Blum discusses her research on cancer-causing chemicals in kid's pajamas in the 70s and chemical safety toda...
- Putting 'health of all species' in danger, Trump EPA proposal guts restrictions on toxic herbicide linked to birth defectson November 18, 2019 at 12:24 pm
Environmental and public health advocacy groups expressed alarm Friday after the Trump administration moved to increase the allowable level in U....
- Nestlรฉ says it can be virtuous and profitable. Is that even possible?on November 18, 2019 at 10:46 am
The world’s largest food company is trying to show it can be environmentally sustainable and still make money. Activists are skeptical.
- This rural NJ paradise was almost destroyed by toxic chemicalson November 18, 2019 at 5:05 am
In picturesque Plumsted Township, home of the New Egypt Speedway, a state suit charging illegal dumping is a reminder of the township's hist...
- Which houseplants should you buy to purify air? None of them.on November 18, 2019 at 4:18 am
Bringing plants indoors can provide a number of benefits, but cleaner air isn't one of them, say experts.
- Marc Peruzzi: We have much bigger problems than plastic strawson November 18, 2019 at 1:31 am
When it comes to the environment, we need to make fundamental shifts in how we live our lives.
- How a Trump Administration proposal could worsen public healthon November 17, 2019 at 3:11 pm
A new measure would limit the research that the Environmental Protection Agency can use as a basis for regulations. It may even be applied retroa...
- Big plastic polluters accused of cynically backing US recycling dayon November 16, 2019 at 2:59 pm
America Recycles Day promoted by EPA is brainchild of not-for-profit backed by companies that produce plastic products
- She visited every country on Earth. She saw a world overwhelmed by plastic trash.on November 15, 2019 at 3:21 pm
Travel blogger Jessica Nabongo saw the effects of plastic pollution all over the world.
- Exposed: How willful blindness keeps BPA on shelves and contaminating our bodieson November 15, 2019 at 3:10 pm
We all are exposed daily to bisphenol-A (BPA) and other bisphenols – estrogen-like substances added to food can liners, paper receipts an...
- Exposed: A scientific stalemate leaves our hormones and health at riskon November 15, 2019 at 3:09 pm
This is part 1 of a 4-part investigation of the science surrounding the chemical BPA and the U.S. regulatory push to discredit independent evid...
- Clouded in Clarity: A comic on chemicals & controversyon November 15, 2019 at 3:08 pm
Harmful chemicals are difficult to understand. So, to pair with our investigation, "Exposed" we present EHN's first comic, "C...
- Exposed: On the edge of research honestyon November 15, 2019 at 3:07 pm
This is part 2 of a 4-part investigation of the science surrounding the chemical BPA and the U.S. regulatory push to discredit independent evid...
- Exposed: Deciphering the real message about BPAon November 15, 2019 at 3:06 pm
This is part 3 of a 4-part investigation of the science surrounding the chemical BPA and the U.S. regulatory push to discredit independent evi...
- Exposed: Toward a BPA-free futureon November 15, 2019 at 3:05 pm
This is part 4 of a 4-part investigation of the science surrounding the chemical BPA and the U.S. regulatory push to discredit independent eviden...
- 7 ways that supermarkets can move away from single-use plasticon November 15, 2019 at 12:21 pm
Today, buying food inevitably involves creating an incredible amount of plastic waste. The supermarket of the future could change that.
