Antarctica may seem pristine and almost devoid of life, but there's plenty of chemistry going on. Victoria Atkinson explains ...

Although there is not yet enough data to document chronic exposure, readings taken in South County indicate cause for concern ...

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have ...

Analysis shows EPA rollbacks of the HON rule would put overburdened communities at risk and benefit chemical plants that ...

Over the past several decades, the United States has experienced a steady loss of manufacturing and heavy industry to ...

Fireworks may dazzle, but they also pollute the air, disrupt wildlife and pose health risks. Some North Carolina cities are ...

What is PM2.5? Hazardous airborne particles and chemicals can come in a variety of forms, and from a variety of sources, even some natural ones. Wind-blown desert and mineral dust, wildfires, ...

Over the past several decades, the United States has experienced a steady loss of manufacturing and heavy industry to countries with more lenient environmental regulations. While globalization and ...

Every year, more than 300,000 people die of lung cancer due to PM 2.5, and research suggests these pollution particles not only initiate cancer-causing genetic defects but drive tumor formation.

Growing interest in health and the exposome—a person's collective environmental exposures—is spurring new funding and ...

Saint-Gobain, the multi-national corporation widely blamed for contaminating southern New Hampshire's air and water with ...