Johnson & Johnson says its Baby Powder is safe. But Reuters found its talc was sometimes tainted with asbestos, a fact it kept from regulators and the public.
Whole Foods Market, hailed for its high standards for healthy food, ranked worst in a study of five major U.S. grocery chains for chemicals it uses in packaging at its popular hot-food bar.
Amid a slowing economy and a slew of mixed signals from the environment ministry, China's embattled local governments are facing a dilemma: do they go all out to curb smog this winter, or do their best to keep factories humming?
With the launch of the new Parley Institute for Material Science, Parley is now focusing on finding alternatives for plastic altogether, by spearheading the search for new biological solutions.
Fresno Unified will consider alternatives to the weed-killer Roundup, after hearing from concerned parents and employees about its impact on long-term health.
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies and the University of Vermont’s Gund Institute along with the help of more than 50 citizen scientists are documenting changes in the state’s bumble bee population.
Advocates of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are trying to make an end run around the law and the American people. If they succeed, your backyard conservation area could be next.
The discovery of asbestos at the Rockhill Quarry in Perkasie, Pa. has fueled concerns about the impact of renewed mining among residents and elected officials.
Our oceans are full of microplastics and unnatural swarms of jellyfish. Could these beautiful animals possess a secret weapon to help clean up the environment?
Eleven of Georgia's 12 coal-powered plants are leaking chemicals into the groundwater, according to a study by a group of environmentalists that was released Thursday.
The Environmental Working Group just helped the world's largest consumer company reinvent a 1971 shampoo. Has the long-time industry gadfly become a de facto regulator?
KING COUNTY, Wash. — When perchloroethylene (PERC) was introduced to the dry cleaning industry in the 1930s, it must have seemed like a miracle solvent.
Though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned triclosan from soaps and body washes in Sept. 2016, manufacturers continue to use it in everyday goods like cleaning supplies at the gym.
The science says we must ditch fossil fuels as soon as possible, yet COP24 is sponsored by the very industry doing the damage. Does it have a role to play — or are lobbyists undermining the negotiations?
Big dams and reservoirs in Pakistan are slowly depleting its lush mangroves. The destruction is also affecting local fishermen, who have to look for alternative sources of income.
A community meeting in Calling Lake took a half-hour long turn to Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries and forestry around the region, as residents took the conversation to herbicides and clear-cut trees.
