Environmental Health News

The negative health impacts from contamination by so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water costs the contiguous U.S. at least $8 billion a year in social costs, a University of Arizona-led study has found.

Public drinking water systems that have recently submitted test results for forever chemicals to the Environmental Protection Agency.

This is what the auto industry wants people to see: sparkling factories turning reclaimed lead into batteries. But in Africa’s lead recycling capital, reality looks very different, but the factories have started to poison people.

Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia.

Pollution from wildfire smoke is increasing in the United States. Climate change is projected to exacerbate the problem, leading to 70,000 premature deaths each year by 2050. If no extra measures are taken, wildfire smoke could become one of the country’s worst climate disasters.

As the United States rapidly builds massive data centers for the development of artificial intelligence, many Americans are concerned about the environmental impact, and it's impact on communities.

As the world’s population grows and towns and cities spread, the associated increase in wastewater treatment comes with an overlooked environmental cost: greenhouse-gas emissions.

As climate change intensifies, heat health risks from accelerated aging to bad decision-making grow worldwide. Here’s what you need to know.

A new study suggests a clear link between long-term exposure to air pollution and dementia.

LA fires released hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen, into the air.