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A Canadian clinical trial published in the journal Environmental Health, found some reductions of PFAS concentrations in people taking dietary fiber supplements for 4 weeks.In short:The fiber intervention was successful at decreasing levels of PFOA and PFOS,…

Research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology is the first to investigate prenatal exposure to pesticides and menstrual health during adolescence.In short:The study of predominantly Latina adolescents of farmworker families in California found…

Editor’s note: This op-ed was written by a group of current and former employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who have asked to remain anonymous due to concerns about retaliation.The Trump administration is making accusations of fraud,…

Edelman, the world’s largest public relations agency, is in talks to support the upcoming UN climate summit in Brazil despite its previous work with a trade group accused of pushing for weaker Amazon protections.Ben Stockton reports for The Guardian.In…

HOUSTON — Climate activists expressed concern that discussions behind closed doors at the nation’s largest energy conference, CERAWeek by S&P Global, will further contribute to environmental health risks. As energy executives and political leaders across…

Once driven to the brink by DDT, peregrine falcons are disappearing again across multiple continents, with scientists pointing to avian flu as a possible cause but lacking definitive answers.Evert Lindquist reports for bioGraphic.In short:Researchers report…

PITTSBURGH — The Biden administration pledged more than $53 million to community groups across the country for air monitoring projects in 2022, many of which were just getting underway when Trump took office.…

A Virginia judge has paused the state’s court-ordered return to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) while Gov. Glenn Youngkin appeals the decision, delaying millions in climate and flood-preparedness funding.Charles Paullin reports for Inside…

The Food Packaging Forum updates their Database on Migrating and Extractable Food Contact Chemicals (FCCmigex), identifying 1,060 new chemicals present in or migrating from food packaging and other food contact articles. The database now includes 5,294…

Authorities arrested the captain of the cargo ship Solong after a fatal North Sea collision led to a jet fuel spill, raising alarms about marine pollution.Robyn Vinter, Josh Halliday, and Karen McVeigh report for The Guardian.In short:The Solong collided with…

This April 15 webinar, Children's Health: Assessing impacts of the exposome, features Dr. Rémy Slama of the EU's ATHLETE research project. Dr. Slama will explore the environmental factors that are most likely to affect children’s health, and present…

States across the U.S., driven by public health concerns, are rushing to ban synthetic food dyes linked to health risks, citing both a lack of federal action and mounting public pressure.Carey Gillam reports for The New Lede.In short: A dozen states, including…

Tras echar a 1.300 empleados de la NOAA, ahora ordena el recorte de otros 1.000 puestos, incluyendo el Servicio Nacional de Meteorología.

Más allá del drama humano y la espectacularidad del siniestro, lo que inquieta a los expertos es el impacto ambiental de este desastre, ocurrido cerca de zonas protegidas y en un momento crítico para la fauna marina.

Encabezan la lista la petrolera Saudi Aramco (4,38% del total), seguida del gigante del carbón Coal India (3,68%), la china CHN Energy (3,65%), la china Jinneng Group (2,92%) y la National Iranian Oil Company (2,75%).

Las poblaciones de mariposas se han reducido 22% en Estados Unidos en solo dos décadas. En el continente europeo, el fenómeno se ha replicado con una tasa de disminución de hasta un 36%.

Se subestima el grave daño de los químicos eternos en bajas dosis en los alimentos.

Crece la minería ilegal en Perú. Alrededor de 50 nuevas dragas ponen en riesgo al río Nanay y comunidades indígenas.

Ante la ausencia de proyectos de mitigación y adaptación a largo plazo de parte del Gobierno, muchas carreteras en la franja costera podrían estar desprotegidas ante la elevación del nivel del mar y el incremento de inundaciones.

El lago más grande de los Andes se está secando y asfixiando con sus residuos, lo que enfrenta a comunidades indígenas a crisis contradictorias, aunque resisten y buscan soluciones.

Encuentran que California no estaba preparada para ayudar a sus residentes vulnerables contra incendios como los de Los Angeles.

The Canadian government is adding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to its list of toxic substances, a move that could lead to restrictions on the chemicals, which have been linked to cancer and other health risks.Inayat Singh reports for CBC.In…

Highlands, Texas is a small community on the outskirts of Houston that sits beside the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site. The two pits, just shy of 34 acres combined, were originally built in the 1960s to house waste materials from a paper mill. Last…

I’m a recent high school graduate who lived and breathed for most of my life in Braddock, Pennsylvania, about nine miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Braddock is home to the Edgar Thomson Steel Mill, owned by U.S. Steel, which Nippon Steel recently tried to…

El 27 de febrero culminó en Roma la COP16 que había quedado suspendida en Cali el 2 de noviembre de 2024. ¿Cuál es el balance?

La medida coge por sorpresa a los empleados, pues su responsable dio a entender cierta continuidad al ser nombrado.

La Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA) está enfrentando recortes presupuestarios significativos bajo la actual administración Trump, lo que afectaría la precisión de los pronósticos meteorológicos y la seguridad pública en Estados Unidos.

Un informe de seguimiento avisa de que se está lejos aún de reducir de forma drástica las muertes prematuras por aire contaminado o los ruidos crónicos que afectan a las personas, sobre todo en grandes ciudades, e insiste en la necesidad de implementar las…

A medida que aumenta el cambio climático estamos favoreciendo la propagación de enfermedades infecciosas por zonas no habituales.

Un grupo de investigadores analizó 51 especies de aves y reveló la presencia de microplásticos y nanoplásticos en sus pulmones.