Tag: Chemicals
PFAS are showing up in children’s stain- and water-resistant products –...
Kathryn Rodgers, Boston University
Even if children’s stain- or water-resistant clothes are advertised as “green” or “nontoxic,” they might...
The herbicide dicamba was supposed to solve farmers’ weed problems –...
Bart Elmore, The Ohio State University
In October 2021 I was a guest on a popular podcast to discuss...
The EPA is banning chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on food...
Gina Solomon, University of California, San Francisco
On Aug. 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it...
What are phthalates, and how do they put children’s health at...
Stephanie Eick, University of California, San Francisco
You may not realize it, but you likely encounter phthalates every day....
Wildfires can poison drinking water – here’s how communities can be...
Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University and Caitlin R. Proctor, Purdue University
In recent years wildfires have entered urban areas, causing breathtaking destruction.
The 2018 Camp Fire...
Nail salon workers suffer chemical exposures that can be like working...
Lupita D. Montoya, University of Colorado Boulder and Aaron Lamplugh, University of Colorado Boulder
Anyone who has walked past a nail salon is familiar with...
Curious Kids: Why does pizza taste so good?
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
EPA’s plan to regulate chemical contaminants in drinking water is a...
Laurel Schaider, Harvard University
After more than a year of community meetings and deliberations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced in February 2019 that it...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
