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Over the last couple of decades, zebrafish have gained attention as a valuable model organism and research tool across the biomedical sciences. (1,2) A newly published study in Environmental Health [...]

Pollutant levels spike as soon as the stove is switched on. In a minivan parked at a two-story home in the wealthy enclave of Piedmont, California, researchers watch as their [...]

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small, membrane-bound structures released by cells as a means of communication. (1) They shuttle their 'cargo'--lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, and other molecules--throughout the body via the [...]

Flame retardants made with organohalogen compounds are added to furniture, electronics, and textiles, including many intended for use by infants and young children, to delay ignition or slow the spread [...]

The headlines are alarming. Phrases like 'environmental disaster,' 'toxic nightmare,' 'ecological collapse,' and 'lost cause' have appeared in publications from the Palm Springs Desert Sun (1) to the United Kingdom's [...]

Cooking with solid fuels is risky, not just for the estimated 2.4-2.8 billion people (1-3) who rely on these fuels at home, but also for the future of the planet. [...]

A steady stream of research and media coverage has raised public awareness of the prevalence and potential harms of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). (1-3) 'One of the things that [...]

With every passing year, more U.S. states move to fully legalize cannabis, or at least permit its medical use. The federal government, by contrast, continues to view cannabis as an [...]

The overall burden of gastrointestinal (GI) illness attributable to combined sewer overflows into the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta, Georgia, was likely lowered by improvements to the system between 2006 and [...]

For centuries before germ theory became widely accepted, people believed that foul odors caused devastating diseases such as bubonic plague, cholera, and malaria (whose name literally means 'bad air.') (1,2) [...]

Azoxystrobin (AZ), a broad-spectrum fungicide, is seemingly everywhere. It is applied to a variety of crops, including cereals, potatoes, tomatoes, fruits, nuts, wine grapes, leafy greens, herbs, and spices. (1,2) [...]

Multiple studies have demonstrated that people of color in the United States are typically exposed to higher levels of air pollution than White Americans, regardless of income. (1,2,3) This persistent [...]

Environ Health Perspect 129(12): 124001, (2021), ttps://doi.org/10.1289/EHP10382 The photograph caption incorrectly states that the flood depicted occurred in Machala, Ecuador, in February 2020. This flood actually occurred in February 2016. [...]

Mosquitoes need water to reproduce, and rainfall is correlated with mosquito-borne disease in humans. (1) But as the authors of a recent review in Environmental Health Perspectives argue, this association [...]

Meat products sold in U.S. stores are less likely to be contaminated with antimicrobial-resistant organisms if they were produced and processed according to Certified Organic standards set by the U.S. [...]

An estimated 4,225 abandoned uranium mines formerly operated by the federal government and its contractors in support of Cold War weapons development remain on tribal lands across the U.S. West. [...]

Lead in drinking water is an issue of global concern. (1) New research published in Environmental Health Perspectives documents the problem in previously unexamined areas of rural West Africa, (1) [...]

Production of meat from ruminant animals has been identified as a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, especially compared with other food categories. (1,2) But what about in New Zealand, [...]

The National Institutes of Health research program known as Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) seeks to better understand how chemical exposures and other environmental factors affect children's health. [...]

Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are tasked with saving the lives of some of society's most vulnerable individuals. But while ill and premature newborn infants in the NICU benefit from [...]

The plasticizer bisphenol A (BPA), used in can linings, thermal paper, and polycarbonate plastics, (1,2) has been associated with a wide range of health outcomes, including type 2 diabetes. (3) [...]

The adjacent counties of Xuanwei and Fuyuan in southwestern China have long had some of the world's highest lung cancer rates, particularly among nonsmoking women. (1,2) For more than three [...]

The issue of wind turbine noise has raised concern in communities around the planet, from the Australian bush (1) to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. (2) Over the past decade, claims that [...]

Environ Health Perspect 127(2):024003 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP4170 The sentence 'The group's perspective is grounded in research and outreach completed since 2016 in northeastern states, particularly Rhode Island, but is designed to [...]

Outside Sonoma Lab Works' otherwise ordinary building in an anonymous business park, the distinct odor of pot pervades the air. However, it's not just any pot. It is the smell [...]

Due to its prevalence and known endocrine-disrupting properties, (1,2) DEHP [di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate] has been subject to extensive research into potential human health effects, especially related to the reproductive system. (3,4) [...]

Many persistent health disparities exist between Native Americans and other racial groups in the United States. (1) As part of a broader effort to address these shortfalls and their root [...]

Just beyond the front door of the Montessori School at Five Canyons, a square glass-walled foyer is brimming with verdant houseplants in clay pots. Garden sculptures and glazed ceramic art [...]

Burdening individuals with the responsibility of reducing their own environmental exposures is not only unreliable in terms of health protection but also a contributor to environmental injustice. Beijing residents wearing [...]

For years, parents have contended with conflicting reports (1,2,3,4,5) in the media and blogosphere on the safety of soy infant formula. Soybeans contain phytoestrogens, which under some conditions mimic or [...]

The global industrial food system is emerging as a significant pathway through which people are exposed to potentially hazardous chemicals, (1) but no method exists to assess the full extent [...]

Hot days can be deadly, (1) so public health officials seek to mitigate their effects through heat action plans. These plans have been widely adopted, but little is known about [...]

In a way, it all started in Long Island, New York. The year was 1993. An apparent cluster of breast cancer cases had been discovered in Nassau and Suffolk counties, [...]

Intrauterine inflammation (IUI) is a risk factor for a variety of adverse birth outcomes, (1,2,3) and some investigators have hypothesized it could also play a role in the risk of [...]