A chemical widely used in food preservation is implicated in an uptick in recent UK deaths by suicide, with a disproportionately high number of cases among young people and boys/men, finds a comprehensive analysis of available ...
Apr 20, 2026
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Social media videos are claiming that mouthwash can raise the risk of blood pressure—and potentially damage heart health.
Apr 16, 2026
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The kettle is a household staple practically everywhere—how else would we make our hot drinks?
Jul 17, 2025
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Drinking water treatment that pursues a multi-contaminant approach, tackling several pollutants at once, could prevent more than 50,000 lifetime cancer cases in the U.S., finds a new study by the Environmental Working Group.
Jul 8, 2025
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Even low levels of nitrate—a common agricultural runoff and drinking water contaminant—are associated with increased risks of preterm birth and low birthweight babies, according to a study published in PLOS Water by Jason ...
Jun 25, 2025
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Juana Valle never imagined she'd be scared to drink water from her tap or eat fresh eggs and walnuts when she bought her 5-acre farm in San Juan Bautista, California, three years ago. Then Valle began to suspect water from ...
Dec 18, 2024
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A new study led by the University of California, Irvine, found that exposure to fine particulate matter, 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter, known as PM2.5 and related elements, such as black carbon and nitrates, during ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Homeostasis is a fundamental process through which the body maintains a dynamic equilibrium by regulating its internal environment using physiological mechanisms and feedback loops. It is essential for overall health and ...
Mar 21, 2024
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Denmark could save lives and more than $300 million a year by reducing the amount of nitrate in its drinking water. This, according to calculations by researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and GEUS. ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Cancer ravaged Brian Bennerotte's body and those of many around him—his father, five brothers and his sister—as well as others along the gravel road where they grew up in southeast Minnesota.
Oct 5, 2023
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