This article explores the current understanding of PFAS exposure through drinking water, the methods used to monitor these ...

While recycling aims to reduce plastic waste, the practice itself could be making matters worse by producing an even more ...

Mauritius is taking decisive action against Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which threaten public health and the environment, especially vulnerable populations. Government is reinforcing ...

How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in this process. The swirling currents contain large ...

Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in ...

Despite advice to remain indoors on smoggy days or when the sky fills with wildfire smoke, human exposure to air contaminants is dominated by indoor air pollutants -- including pollutants brought ...

Medical experts across the country have noted at despite medical advancements, TB remains a leading cause of fatality with rising cases linked to air pollution, undernutrition, and delayed care due to ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

This collection of interactive exercises uses Times resources to help young people find the news that matters to them, understand how it’s made, connect it to their lives — and make media of ...

Before President Nixon created the EPA in 1970, water and air pollution weren't federally ... The sludge would settle on the bottom of the ocean, "like mud, killing plant life and creating what ...