Cancer risks in parts of Louisiana's industrial area between New Orleans and Baton Rouge are up to 11 times higher than estimates by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to a study by ...

A new study from Johns Hopkins University found people living near petrochemical plants in Louisiana face higher cancer risks, up to 11 times higher than what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a study that will investigate ways to reduce pollution that can run off paved surfaces and improve how water filters back into the ground. EPA is ...

Forty years is not a long time in Church history. Indeed, we are still living in the moment of Humanae Vitae (issued on July 25, 1968), and of the challenge it presents to the world. Humanae Vitae ...

You’ve probably heard of PFAS — short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — nicknamed “forever chemicals” because they barely degrade in the environment. Once introduced, they persist in soil, ...

Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany Dr E E Turk, Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; ...

Dakari Quimby, PhD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California. School funding based on property values leads to underfunded, ...

EAST CHICAGO — One of the companies responsible for polluting the city's Calumet section will investigate groundwater contamination throughout the Superfund site bearing its name, and soil ...

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