Microplastics Are Chemically Alive and Probably Up to No Good
Many scientists have argued that microplastics pose a real, if often subtle, threat to human health. A study…
A Defunct Nuclear Site Had a Meltdown in 1959. A New Study Shows It’s Still Causing Health Problems
The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) in Ventura County, California, is one of the most contaminated sites in…
Over 26,000 US Public Parks Border a Toxic Superfund Site—But It’s Worse Than That
We hear a lot of rhetoric about strong border protection these days, but not much has been said…
Mental health hospitalizations associated with sustained extreme heat in multiple countries
Arias, D., Saxena, S. & Verguet, S. Quantifying the global burden of mental disorders and their economic value.…
Legionnaires’ disease outbreak: Guggenheim Museum among 31 UES buildings with cooling towers that contained illness-causing bacteria
The Guggenheim Museum, Asphalt Green’s Upper East Side campus, a Whole Foods Market and Trevor Day School are…
Global heat stress intensification and its expanding footprint on the human population
DataReanalyses of temperature and thermal stress Reanalysis datasets combine observational data with state-of-the-art models to ‘fill in the…
AI’s energy, water consumption present public health challenge
From accelerating drug discovery to improving diagnostics, AI’s potential in health care is enormous. But AI is also…
There’s a Deadly ‘Rotating’ Soup of Forbidden Toxins at Lake Erie
Every year, Lake Erie experiences seasonal blooms of cyanobacteria, which produce blue-green toxins that pose health risks to…
Delta community drinks from a human waste-polluted river
Torugbene, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, is a remote riverine community where residents depend on…
Projected impacts of climate change on malaria in Africa
Our analysis framework comprised nine main stages, summarized in Extended Data Fig. 1. Preparation of consistent geotemporal climatologies,…
The Cost of Ignoring Fossil Fuel Pollution’s Health Impacts
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood with…
Food expert Marion Nestle on calories, corruption, and shredded wheat
Marion Nestle doesn’t understand why people are so obsessed with her diet. Yes, she’s one of the world’s…