Endocrine-disrupting compounds are pervasive in modern life, from food packaging to shampoo. Research is connecting their effects on humans to risk of severe illness or death from the coronavirus.
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Most local farmers are indifferent to the effect of chemicals on consumers.
A new study shows that while fine particle air pollution has declined nationwide over the past 40 years, the health and environmental benefits haven’t been shared evenly.
Flaring, or burning, waste gas from energy production has sharply increased over the past decade. It wastes usable fuel, pollutes the air, and helps drive climate change.
A new study finds an association between living near active oil and gas wells in California and low birth-weight infants, adding to findings elsewhere on health risks from oil and gas production.
Many Native American tribes are reporting high COVID-19 infection rates. State and federal agencies are impeding tribes’ efforts to handle the pandemic themselves.
As restaurants and cafes re-open, here’s what you can do to limit the chance of coronavirus transmission.
We spend 90% of our lives indoors, and every building has its own indoor microbiome. Can we learn to manage them in ways that support helpful microbes and suppress harmful ones?
Bacteria and other toxic biological waste arising from decomposing bodies can contaminate water sources, representing a public health concern.
Starting Feb. 6, 2020, California farmers will be barred from using chlorpyrifos on their crops. The Trump administration says more study is needed, but other states are also moving ahead.
These harmful pollutants are responsible for 20% of roadside pollution.
Average temperatures in Australia are already high by international standards, but what happens when they continue to rise? How much heat can our bodies withstand?
Doctors have long taken up global issues, from nuclear war to ozone depletion and climate change, and helped shift the course of history.
EPA is moving to regulate two chemicals from a group called PFAS that are contaminating drinking water. A public health expert explains why the agency should take much broader action.
South Africa’s environmental health workers play a vital role in helping communities respond to climate change.
Researchers unpack the vast impact of plastic on our society – from emerging health worries and pollution to recycling and plastic’s contributions to modern convenience.
Rising temperatures will not only hurt people in the future. Many are feeling the effects now. Those who work outdoors, those who have certain chronic conditions and the elderly are vulnerable.
Outbreaks of zoonotic diseases call for a collaborative approach to surveillance.
It may come as a shock to discover that businesses are allowed to pay local authorities for advice on environmental health standards and food labelling.
Testing new industrial chemicals is essential for public health and the environment. But animal testing is costly, and too many chemicals are left untested. A new AI tool may solve the problem.
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Middlebury
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College
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Chief Specialist Scientist (Public Health), South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Specialist scientist, South African Medical Research Council
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Adjunct professor, La Trobe University
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Research fellow, University of Exeter
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Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
