Environment Reducing drinking water contamination will also generate billions in health benefits May 15, 2023
Environment Our plastic problem is only getting worse. At this rate, more than twice as much plastic will enter the oceans by 2040 March 9, 2023
Environment Indoor air pollution can affect your cognitive ability. Just look at chess players February 6, 2023
Environment Eating one freshwater fish is like drinking a month’s worth of forever chemicals-laced water April 20, 2023
Environment How storytelling can connect children to marine pollution — and make a difference December 21, 2022
Environment How much plastic from Amazon ends up in the ocean? Enough to wrap the Earth in air pillows 800 times December 15, 2022
Environment Air pollution causes almost half of all stillbirths — over 1 million a year December 1, 2022
Environment US embassies started sharing real-time air quality data. Then, pollution started going down October 25, 2022
Environment Tidying up: New plastic material is biodegradable both in the ocean and on dry land September 23, 2022
Biology Research on air pollution points to a pill that could stop cancer from developing September 13, 2022
Chemistry Cheap, simple new technique developed to destroy ultra-resistant ‘forever chemical’ pollution April 22, 2023
Health Forever chemicals seem to dramatically promote liver disease and liver cancer in humans August 10, 2022
Health Thousands of workers may have been exposed to toxic chemicals while fixing America’s crumbling underground infrastructure January 3, 2023
Chemistry The story of how plastic was invented, and how it’s turned into a big problem July 21, 2022
Health Microplastic particles found in supermarket meat, milk, and in the bodies of farm animals in Holland July 8, 2022
Environment India bans some single-use plastic products to tackle pollution — but leaves many on the table July 5, 2022
Environment Farmlands in Europe may be the single largest reservoir of microplastics in the world May 10, 2022
Environment Futuristic foods like Lab-grown meat and insects could slash our food-related emissions by 80% April 27, 2022
Health Regular blood donations can help remove toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from our bodies April 21, 2022
Climate Tumble dryers pollute our environment with dangerous microfibers, but there is a solution April 6, 2022
Environment The poorest of the world also suffer a lot of kitchen pollution — especially women March 17, 2022
Economics Black people in the US are more exposed to pollution, regardless of income February 4, 2022
Health Polluted air can reduce cognitive abilities — but improvements in air quality can help February 3, 2022
Environment Clean clothes, dirty environment: Electric dryers release thousands of microplastic fibers into the air after every use January 13, 2022
Environment The unseen pandemic: Air pollution contributed to 1.8 million excess deaths in 2019 January 10, 2022
Environment A new way to address climate change: cut down on conferences and international events January 5, 2022