Climate change continues to be most severely felt by the poorest people in any population, particularly those living in poorly-resourced, isolated and extreme environments
A proposed ordinance that would ban flame retardants in children's products, toys and furniture was the main topic of conversation at Tuesday's Anchorage Assembly meeting.
More than half of the respondents reported a “negative” or “very negative” opinion of their living conditions, which the Military Family Advisory Network concluded showed a “systemic problem” that defies location, rank and branch of service.
The 11-acre former PureGro facility, owned by Chevron, was closed down 19 years ago. It sits just a few feet away from a neighborhood and only a couple of blocks away from schools with hundreds of children.
The bus and car pool lines at Bay-region schools are polluting the air we breathe, and the state of Maryland just launched a new program to change that.
In his 2019 State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Trump called for $500 million over the next 10 years to fund research on childhood cancers.
Lax state laws have helped drive down vaccination rates across the Pacific Northwest, leaving the region vulnerable to catastrophe, public health officials say.
A federal appeals court will reconsider its ruling that ordered a ban on the widely used farm pesticide chlorpyrifos, a chemical linked to brain damage in children.
Two lawyers with the Knight Nicastro firm said they are representing one client and consulting with others exposed to asbestos at McGill Hall, including parents of students at its preschool.
Children exposed to three different chemical classes — parabens, phthalates and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—before birth and shortly after had reduced lung function at 6 and 12 years old, according to a study released today.
Kathryn Garcia, the city’s sanitation commissioner, was named interim chairwoman of the troubled public housing authority as Stanley Brezenoff departs.
PITTSBURGH—At a time of year when people are desperate to get outside to beat the winter blues, residents here with asthma and other respiratory illnesses have been repeatedly told the air outdoors threatens their health.
UM abruptly relocated a preschool in McGill Hall last Tuesday morning after test results the previous evening showed asbestos levels that far exceeded a federal residential cleanup threshold.
