Health
Pollutants in soil can harm your heart
While it's more widely known that polluted air can harm human health, another danger may be lurking at your feet.
Jul 4, 2022
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News tagged with water pollution
Health
Pollution's deadly toll continues unabated
Pollution continues to kill approximately 9 million people around the world on an annual basis, according to a follow-up study to a landmark 2018 report by The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, a global research ...
Jun 20, 2022
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Health
Air pollution and climate change take a growing toll on children's health
A New England Journal of Medicine article reviews the evidence on the large and growing toll of air pollution and fossil fuel-driven climate change on children. Frederica Perera of Columbia University Mailman School of Public ...
Jun 15, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Living by oil and gas drilling linked to lower birthweights
A new study from Oregon State University found that infants born within 3 kilometers of oil and natural gas drilling facilities in Texas had slightly lower birthweights than those born before drilling began in their vicinity.
Jul 21, 2021
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Health
Majority of voters surveyed support greater oversight of industrial animal farms
A new survey released by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future finds that the majority of registered voters support greater oversight of industrial animal farms. The Center for a Livable Future is based at the Johns ...
Dec 11, 2019
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Immunology
Your guide to a healthier home for better asthma control
(HealthDay)—If you or a family member has asthma, your doctor has most likely mapped out the steps you need to take to treat an asthma flare.
Jun 11, 2019
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Health
High court to consider case about reach of clean water law
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case about the reach of a federal clean water law.
Feb 19, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Certain environmental pollutants may contribute to poor kidney health
Certain highly pervasive environmental pollutants may have a variety of negative effects on kidney health, according to an analysis of all relevant studies published on this topic to date. The findings, which appear in an ...
Sep 13, 2018
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Health
Study suggests air pollution breathed in the months before and after conception increases chance of birth defects
A team of researchers with the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital has found evidence that indicates that pre-and post-pregnant women living in an area with air pollution are at an increased risk of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Flooded Texas faces higher risk of disease, experts warn
Sewage-laden floodwaters dumped on Texas by Hurricane Harvey bring a higher risk of disease, such as bacterial infections and mosquito-borne illnesses, and the fallout may linger for years, experts warn.
Aug 28, 2017
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