The worst effects are during high nighttime temperatures, something happening more often with climate change. Wildfires add to the risk.
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It’s more than moral posturing. Resolutions like this have a history of laying the foundation for effective treaties and national laws.
The federal government has new advisories on PFAS, which can put human health at risk in a list of ways, but so far only states are regulating the chemicals.
Tests found PFAS in school uniforms, pillows, upholstered furniture and several other items that are often next to children’s skin and near their noses and mouths.
Cleaning and reoxygenating the river Thames has helped its biodiversity surge, but there’s still more to be done to make it healthy.
The author’s 9-year-old son will likely face about four times as many extreme events in his lifetime as older adults today. An international report explains the impacts already being felt.
The Biden administration is moving to revive mercury limits for coal-fired power plants. A scientist explains mercury’s health risks and the role power plants play.
Photos from the early 1900s show LA’s forests of oil derricks. Hundreds of wells are still pumping, and research shows how people living nearby are struggling with breathing problems.
Trace metal exposure can lead to concerning neurocognitive effects in people of all ages.
It will cost tens of billions of dollars to find and remove all the lead service lines that deliver water to US homes and schools. A public health expert explains why he sees it as money well spent.
The Centers for Disease Control has announced a new, stricter standard for lead poisoning in children, which will more than double the number of kids considered to have high blood lead levels.
To stay healthy, it’s important to understand how wildfire smoke can harm your body and how to protect yourself.
What kind of evidence does it require to get a widely used chemical banned? A professor of medicine and former state regulator explains how the case for chlorpyrifos as a threat to public health developed.
People are exposed to toxic substances – like pesticides, chemicals in plastics and radiation – every day. A growing body of research shows that this exposure is causing a decline in male fertility.
Early exposure to lead pollution may lead to less mature personality traits as an adult.
Roundup may be taking a beating in the US, where three juries have concluded that it gave plaintiffs cancer, but it’s still widely used around the globe.
Photos from the early 1900s show LA’s forests of oil derricks. Hundreds of wells are still pumping, and new research finds people living nearby are struggling with breathing problems.
Building retrofits are no joke: They make dwellings healthier and more energy-efficient. And when they’re done in low-income housing, they also reduce inequality.
As climate change drives pollen counts upward, that could potentially result in greater human susceptibility to other viruses, as well.
Living next to a highway is not great for health, but a new study shows that running air filters indoors can remove tiny particles of pollution and lower blood pressure.
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University
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Assistant Professor, Columbia University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Chancellor's Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, IUPUI
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Executive Director, Climate and Health Alliance; Honorary Associate, Department of Public Health, La Trobe University
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Professor of Children's Environmental Health, Simon Fraser University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Research fellow, University of Exeter
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Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
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Specialist Scientist (Public Health), South African Medical Research Council
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Specialist scientist, South African Medical Research Council
