When the federal government shuts down, images of furloughed workers and closed museums and monuments dominate the headlines. But hidden beneath these surface disruptions are quieter, more insidious ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recent study indicates that traditional methods for assessing worker exposure to hazards, which often rely on professional opinion and experience, may ...

With limited data on how environmental stressors — from poor water quality to rising temperatures to contagious diseases — may harm people living and working in U.S. prisons, legislation introduced ...

Everyone has the right to live safe and healthy lives with equal environmental protections and meaningful participation in decisions affecting their community. Meaningful participation is important ...

Safety isn’t just a priority at Purdue. Measures to achieve it have been a proven success. With record-low injury rates across the university system in recent years, the Environmental Health and ...

In our ongoing efforts to maintain public and environmental health, the dangers posed by waste products from animals are a critical concern. While dog feces are frequently discussed, cat feces often ...

California has a robust if little-known agency that conducts research to protect people from harmful exposures It could take on a bigger role now that the federal government is eliminating its own ...

"Baltimore is sinking, and the sea is rising," Benjamin Zaitchik pronounced on a drizzly, late-summer day in his office at Johns Hopkins University. A professor of Earth and planetary sciences, ...

As Pennsylvania students head back to school, they could face exposure to health hazards in the classroom such as poor indoor air quality, mold, radon and lead. And a new report found the Commonwealth ...