Environmental Health News

A 2022 review published by Alfonso Balmori in Environmental Research examined studies from 20 countries on people living near cell towers and cell antenna sites and found that the majority reported health effects such as cancer. In short: 73.6% of reviewed studies reported human health impacts assoc...

Council proposal to use glyphosate to tidy up pavements criticized over potential harm to humans and wildlife.

Formosa Plastics’ proposed complex could add an additional 800 tons per year of toxic air pollution, along with 13.6 million metric tons of greenhouse gases annually.

Data centers are estimated to use hundreds of billions of liters of water and emit millions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year, but a new article published in Patterns found that a lack of transparent reporting from tech companies means that the true environmental impacts are likely signific...

According to a recent review published by Current Environmental Health Reports, a healthy diet that includes vitamins and minerals (known collectively as micronutrients) may lessen the health effects of some toxic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). In short: Of the 71 studies reviewed, a majorit...

In a recent article published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, researchers examined the issue of chemical contamination - including pollution from PFAS forever chemicals, pharmaceutical byproducts, agricultural chemicals, and ingredients from personal care products - in U.S. drinking...

A recent study published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology provides the first insights to potential immune system impacts from exposure to the toxic pollutants released by the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023. In short: Blood samples ta...

This June 25 webinar features award-winning reporters Sharon Lerner of ProPublica and Stéphane Horel of Le Monde who will discuss reporting on PFAS . Sponsored by CHE.

A recent review published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, co-authored by Environmental Health Sciences staff, examined different categories of lifestyle interventions – including changes to diet, product choices, and home environment – and found evidence linking each to a reduction in exp...

A 2023 study published in Science Advances by Molina-Montenegro et al. found that exposure to electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation emitted by high-voltage transmission power line towers induced significant physiological stress in honeybees and negatively impacted their pollination behavior.In short...