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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.
The devastating impact of mine closures could be avoided with economic and scientific interventions.
Chemical companies touted synthetic insecticides and herbicides as miracle products in the 1940s and 1950s. But farmers and cropdusting pilots didn’t always buy the sales pitch.
According to one study, more than 8 million people per year die early from air pollution exposure.
In the aftermath of fires or logging, conservation needs to focus on recovering the health of the remaining vegetation, not just the size of the forest or woodland.
Many socks, towels and other textiles are treated with silver nanoparticles to kill germs and odors. When the silver washes out, it can pollute waterways. Two chemists propose a way to collect it from wastewater.
The Trump administration’s push for ‘energy dominance’ could spur a new wave of domestic uranium production. A scholar describes the damage done in past uranium booms and the visible scars that remain.
Top contributors
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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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Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College
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Assistant Professor, Columbia University
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Chief Specialist Scientist (Public Health), South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Chancellor's Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
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Specialist scientist, South African Medical Research Council
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Research Director, Australian Microplastic Assessment Project (AUSMAP); Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Research fellow, University of Exeter
