Experiments in mice show that some gut bacteria can absorb toxic PFAS chemicals, allowing animals to expel them through feces.

What if that long-abandoned theory that “bad air” makes us sick wasn’t entirely wrong? Secretary Kennedy’s crusade against ...

Achieves critical regulatory milestones, positioning company as leading turnkey partner in booming hypochlorous acid sector to capture portion of growing $2.8B clean beauty market as industry shifts a ...

Modern science is only now uncovering what Aboriginal communities have long understood about Australia's flora.

Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.

Researchers found 96 chemicals in toddlers—many unregulated, all absorbed through everyday life. Childhood, it turns out, is ...

X CEO Linda Yaccarino said she’s stepping down after two years running Elon Musk’s social media platform. Yaccarino posted a ...

Countries are currently negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution and make plastics safer and more sustainable.

The first harmful algal blooms (HABs) of the season have been reported in Cayuga Lake, with several sightings added to the ...

The current infrastructure also isn’t set up to fully account for the shifting behavior of wildfire smoke, which can travel ...

Imagine dining on salmon with no worries about mercury, toxic metals or plastics. Or concerns about dwindling fish stocks. Or, from a food safety ...

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