How to stay healthy as smoke spreads from Canada wildfires
Massive fires are burning up stretches of Canadian forests and sending plumes of smoke into the U.S.
Jun 29, 2023
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Massive fires are burning up stretches of Canadian forests and sending plumes of smoke into the U.S.
Jun 29, 2023
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Air pollution is known to contribute to disease, which is why regulators such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set limits on emissions. But mounting evidence suggests that even pollution levels long thought to ...
Jun 22, 2023
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Decades ago, Nat King Cole gently crooned about chestnuts roasting on an open fire. But since then, scientists have uncovered some troubling truths about wood smoke.
Dec 13, 2019
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The annual economic cost of the nearly 16,000 premature births linked to air pollution in the United States has reached $4.33 billion, according to a report by scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center. The sum includes $760 ...
Mar 29, 2016
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Daily exposure to a chemical that is prevalent in the human environment, bisphenol A (BPA), causes lowered fertility in male mice, according to the results of a new study that will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's ...
Jun 6, 2011
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Elizabeth Burns had just come inside from gardening in 2021 when she caught a TV news report about a rocklike material contaminating a nearby community's soil with lead.
May 11, 2023
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Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical commonly used in plastics, appears to increase the proliferation of breast cancer cells, according to Duke Medicine researchers presenting at an annual meeting of endocrine scientists.
Jun 23, 2014
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(HealthDay)—Improperly used "bug bombs" are making Americans sick—and improved labeling isn't helping, government health officials say.
Feb 2, 2018
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With growing evidence of the link between exposure to toxic chemicals and chronic diseases, especially in children, the United States needs to step up its efforts to protect the public from hazardous chemicals, say researchers ...
May 4, 2011
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Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) may increase the risk of developing dementia, according to a new meta-analysis from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Apr 5, 2023
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