The 2023 law that went under the radar restricts the imports, sale and distribution of products containing lead or cadmium.

Neglected in the elections, the issues of clean air and villagers’ protests against a proposed plant expose failures in waste ...

A child would need to eat 9,000 cookies in a day to approach harmful levels of pesticide or naturally occurring heavy metals.

The relationship between environmental metal exposure and heart and cardiovascular disease has emerged as a critical public ...

Heavy metal contamination in Yangshan Port raises concerns for seafood safety, with arsenic and mercury posing health risks.

Heavy metals naturally occur in the Earth's crust, but human activities can increase their concentration in the environment, ...

Two environmental groups and a pecan-farming company filed an appeal with state regulators asking them to revoke the air pollution permit issued Jan ... Mountains to the threat of dust bearing arsenic ...

The alarm certainly sounded long and loud in 2022 when Abbott recalled Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare powdered infant ...

The plant, Long Island's largest, takes in and incinerates more than 2,600 tons of primarily residential trash a day.

Neurological disease outbreak in a major city shows how govts can cause health crises  Pune’s GBS outbreak is a scary reminder of how poor govt services can create a public health emergency. GBS, a ...

Unlike typical wildfires, smoke from the L.A. fires — consisting of toxic materials from burned down homes, cars, and more — poses additional risks to public health.