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The dirty truth about your fake wood floors
Vinyl flooring is made using PVC, a plastic that's incredibly toxic not just in its production but long after it's out in the world.
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Opinion: Why is the E.P.A. so timid in the East Palestine train disaster?
By acting as a reluctant regulator, the E.P.A. has left people at the site of the derailment desperate for answers.
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Ocean plastic pollution reaches 'unprecedented' levels
The world’s oceans are polluted by a “plastic smog” made up of an estimated 171 trillion plastic particles that if gathered would weigh around 2.3 million tons, according to a new study.
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Covid lawsuits weakened public health, U.S. pandemic preparedness
Lawsuits and legislation fueled by covid backlash have stripped public health officials of powers, leaving the United States unprepared for the next pandemic.
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Phosphorus saved our way of life—and now threatens to end it
Fertilizers filled with the nutrient boosted our ability to feed the planet. Today, they’re creating vast and growing dead zones in our lakes and seas.
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Toxic chemicals we consume without knowing it
Toxic chemicals are increasingly present in our food and beverages. Here are some keys ways to limit their impact on our health.
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The little-known world of caterpillars
An entomologist races to find them before they disappear.
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The brilliant inventor who made two of history’s biggest mistakes
A century ago, Thomas Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations: leaded gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). These were hailed as genius inventions at the time. What...
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How smoke from Australia’s megafires ate away at the ozone
Wildfire smoke can change the chemistry of the stratosphere, resulting in chlorine molecules that deplete the ozone layer
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Raincoats, undies, school uniforms: Are your clothes dripping in ‘forever...
The full health risks of wearing apparel made with PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” are still unknown. But states are taking action so clothing makers will remove them.
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WHO says infertility affects 1 in 6 adults globally
The report highlighted the prevalence of infertility across regions and economic levels — and a need for more research and better access to reproductive care.
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Hopewell plant AdvanSix flagged for chemical releases
Regulatory filings reviewed by the Richmond Times-Dispatch indicate that the plant has been flagged 66 times in the past eight years for violations of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act,...
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Essay: The plastic in our flesh
Maybe this has been our fate all along, to achieve final communion with our own garbage.
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US food pesticides contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’... testing...
PFAS are present at ‘potentially dangerous’ levels in widely used chemicals sprayed on food crops destined for Americans’ plates. Multiple studies have established that crops absorb PFAS and they can...
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Many soft contact lenses in US made up of PFAS, research suggests
Testing of 18 popular kinds of contact lenses found extremely high levels of organic fluorine, a marker of ‘forever chemicals.’
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Tank burning at Calcasieu Refining by Lake Charles contains naphtha
A tank that caught fire when lightning struck it at Calcasieu Refining today contained naphtha, an extremely flammable hydrocarbon product, Louisiana State Police said.hen the fire started, the tank...
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Groundbreaking plastic pollution treaty moves closer after Paris talks,...
After a week of intense negotiations, a mandate was given to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare a first draft text on cutting the world's plastic pollution before the end of the year.
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Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find
Ice-free summers are now inevitable even with sharp emissions cuts and likely to result in more extreme heatwaves and floods around the world.
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UK no longer following EU guides on cutting safe levels of BPA
As a result, the safe level of BPA in plastic containers in the UK is now 20,000 times higher than in Europe. France has gone one step further and banned its use in all food packaging, containers and...
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Fringe gender-chemical theory goes mainstream
The gender-chemicals theory lacks scientific proof and may embolden existing biases against an already-marginalized group, medical experts and scientists say.
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Turmeric’s unexpected link to lead poisoning in Bangladesh
Scientists find that a colorant that makes turmeric more yellow is the leading source of high lead levels in pregnant women in Bangladesh.
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Independent scientist in Canada resigns from pesticide regulator over...
Scientists who advise Ottawa’s pesticide regulator say it could be exposing Canadians to chemicals at unsafe levels — and one has resigned from the agency, citing concerns about transparency.
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Richard Heinberg: Why 2% is the most dangerous number no one is talking about
The sheer quantity of chemicals being dumped into the environment is quickly growing—and we only be seeing the beginning of the harm they are doing to us.
View ArticleChina faces uphill battle as it tries to instill ‘pro-birth’ culture
Officials who used to enforce the one-child policy are struggling to convince young people to have more children. Chinese births have gone from around 18 million a year in 2016, when the one-child...
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How does cannabis impact developing brains?
This month Science Magazine explores research into disturbing ways that THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, binds to cannabinoid receptors abundant in the brain, including in fetal...
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Pete Myers
Pete Myers is the founder and chief scientist of Environmental Health Sciences, which publishes Environmental Health News. He holds a doctorate in the biological sciences from UC Berkeley and a BA...
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Op-ed: A plastic recipe for societal suicide
Our romance with plastic commenced just over a century ago. For much of this history, plastic was thought harmless: An almost infinitely malleable material that could be manipulated to do miraculous...
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Commentary: Plastic research needs independent scientists free of industry...
Editor's note: The note below from Environmental Health Sciences' founder and chief scientist, Pete Myers, is a featured comment on a recent Washington Post article on microplastic inhalation....
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Bedlam on the beach
This article originally published in the September 2024 issue of Natural History Magazine and is republished here with permission. Copyright © Natural History Magazine, Inc., 2024. Story and...
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Op-ed: The plastic treaty had to fail, so it can succeed
Looking back at the outcome of the UN plastics treaty negotiations that just finished in South Korea, it is clear to me that failure to reach agreement in this round of negotiations was the best...
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