High heat and strong winds can lead to bad allergies, and sicknesses. Expert Tara Carr explains what you can do to avoid these symptoms.

Studies show that increased pesticide use shows new effects on the gut microbiome, and can increase long-term health effects.

Under fire from its Make America Healthy Again supporters for lack of action on toxic substances, President Donald Trump’s administration last week announced a new research program on microplastics and plans to consider regulating those contaminants and pharmaceuticals in drinking water.

People often come into contact with pesticides in everyday life without realizing it. Melissa Furlong talks about the long-term effects of pesticides and PFAS on human health.

The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and making life hotter for more than 340 million people.

U.S. poison centers save $3.1 billion every year in medical costs and lost productivity, according to a new independent study released by America’s Poison Centers. Conducted by RAND, the report confirms that poison centers provide substantial economic and societal benefits for communities across the country.

The Canadian government is weighing regulations that could allow the companies to release the oil sands wastewater directly into the river system, so long as they first use filtration systems, microorganisms or other methods to reduce contaminants to safe levels.

As national debates intensify over bans on spreading biosolids on farmland, University of Arizona’s College of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Science researchers are leading a national effort to assess the true risk of PFAS contamination.

Exposure to a fungicide induced changes to gene expression in rats that persisted for at least 20 generations. It also increased the chance of offspring developing kidney disease, obesity or experiencing complications when giving birth, according to the longest-running study1 of ‘epigenetic’ changes in mammals.