Tag: Environmental health
US Climate risks are rising – a scientist looks at the...
Erica A.H. Smithwick, Penn State
When I was a young researcher studying how forested ecosystems recover from wildfire, I...
Los Angeles’ long, troubled history with urban oil drilling is nearing...
Jill Johnston, University of Southern California and Bhavna Shamasunder, Occidental College
Los Angeles had oil wells pumping in its...
The US is making plans to replace all of its lead...
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI
The Biden administration has released a plan to accelerate removal of lead water pipes and lead...
Breathing wildfire smoke can affect the brain and sperm, as well...
Luke Montrose, Boise State University and Adam Schuller, Boise State University
Wildfires burning in the western U.S. are sending...
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...
Male fertility is declining – studies show that environmental toxins could...
Ryan P. Smith, University of Virginia
In the U.S., nearly 1 in 8 couples struggles with infertility. Unfortunately, physicians...
Lead exposure during childhood may influence adult personality, and not for...
Ted Schwaba, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
The Research Brief is a short take...
While debate rages over glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers are spraying them all...
Marion Werner, University at Buffalo; Annie Shattuck, Indiana University, and Ryan Galt, University of California, Davis
As North America...
EXPLORING NATURE
Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive...
Andras Molnar, University of Michigan
Two new experiments show that most people do not even consider that a personal...
