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Possible causes of limb malformations in babies born in rural areas of France.
Harmful pesticides have been found in the widely consumed sharptooth catfish found in a river that runs through Johannesburg.
Big solar has a potentially bright future in cities, but we need to get the planning right first.
Beneath their beautiful, flashing facade some female fireflies are ruthless predators.
Meet the brawny bug with a concoction so caustic it’ll make a toad vomit.
Diet books aren’t just fluff. They offer a powerful insight into who Americans are – and how we wish the world could be.
Plants produce toxic fruit for everything from deterring fungi to causing constipation.
It sounds weird, but releasing small cane toads ahead of the main invasion front can help predators learn to avoid the biggest, most toxic ones. Here’s exactly how it works.
A natural byproduct could clean up polluted and war-ravaged land.
Does the liver really respond to an over-the-counter product that claims to ‘detoxify’ or ‘heal’ its function?
Parkinson’s disease is the second-most-prevalent neurodegenerative condition in Australia, with an estimated 70,000 living with the disease. But what do we know about the causes and risk factors?
The University of Michigan-Flint puts experts from academia in the same room as Flint community members, an innovative model for educating the community and forming the public health response.
It’s not just Australia’s animals that can be deadly, there are plenty of dangerous plants too.
The human body is a comprehensive, self-mending, self-detoxing apparatus that will perform its tasks regardless of whether you’re undertaking a rigid detox cure, or a gourmet food and wine marathon.
Shopping for a gold ring? New guidelines seek to be the rough equivalent of Fair Trade for small-scale gold mining.
Regulations are catching up with toxic chemicals we’re exposed to as products’ end users. But workers in un- or underregulated places are still at risk, even from chemicals designed to be “green.”
Newly released data show how the hundreds of abandoned mines in the western US discharge the same volume as the Gold King Mine spill every two days.
Cancer is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental influences – a kind of genetic lottery where the odds are stacked by environmental and lifestyle factors.
California is the latest state to attempt to ban microplastics from consumer care products. Why these commonly used microbeads are causing major health and environmental problems.
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