A surprising study suggests that chemicals introduced to protect the ozone layer may have unintentionally created a growing global pollution problem. Researchers found that refrigerants and certain ...

Late in the Biden administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would clamp down on 218 of the nation’s worst chemical polluters, which put close to 10 million people at ...

Alex Ford has received funding from research councils, european union, regulatory authorities, NGOs and industry Most environmental scientists believe that chemical pollution can and is negatively ...

By looking for clues “forever chemicals” leave behind in people’s blood, researchers hope to understand how PFAS affect the ...

The rapid production and distribution of chemicals in the environment means that regulatory risk assessment can no longer keep pace with their ever-increasing number. This is the conclusion reached by ...

Researchers developed a way to fingerprint organofluorine compounds -- sometimes called 'forever chemicals' --which could help authorities trace them to their source when they end up in aquifers, ...

In the 1990s, a quaint town called Hinkley in the Mojave Desert saw a sudden spike in cancer and kidney disease. Thanks to Erin Brockovich, the health troubles were eventually linked to a dangerous ...

An atmospheric scientist at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has helped uncover a previously unknown chemical pathway that plays a major role ...

As awareness of toxic, synthetic chemical pollution from per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) increases, more legal settlements in billion dollar amounts are being made between chemical ...

Environmental chemicals, pollution under lens as doctors flag Hypospadias concerns ...