A newly formed environmental advocacy group hopes to educate Elkhart residents on the potential pollution exposure they may be living with. The Elkhart County Environmental Council is ...

Citizen science is booming and could play a much greater role in tackling climate change, reef health, biodiversity and ...

The study used more than 40 years of data to map fluctuating PFAS levels across species in the region's food chain.

A surprising new study suggests that eating a very healthy diet—packed with fruits, vegetables, and whole grains—might be linked to a higher risk of lung cancer in younger non-smokers. Researchers ...

From the air we breathe to the food we eat, we are constantly exposed to thousands of chemicals—yet how these exposures affect our health has remained surprisingly difficult to understand. A new study ...

The US's much-criticised update to the dietary guidelines will likely worsen the food system's environmental impact, thanks ...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of synthetic chemicals widely used in industrial processes and consumer products because of their resistance to heat, water and oil.

The world’s largest seafood and aquaculture firms are failing to combat waste, and fall short on fish welfare, according to a ...

A new atmospheric reconstruction reveals that human-driven ozone depletion likely began decades earlier than previously ...

An alarming new study out of Rutgers University suggests humans are falling behind in the great war to combat rats and indoor mice. The team of researchers found that many of the rodents we come into ...

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Graffiti in Alto Hospicio that shows how the city is currently supplied with water. Credit: Dr Virginia Carter Gamberini. In regions where it hardly ever rains, water is valuable, and access to it is ...