Human Health

You’ve probably heard of how climate change is impacting our planet: record-breaking global temperatures; melting polar ice caps; droughts and floods; rising sea levels; ocean acidification… and it’s even effecting...

A bare beginning When I moved to the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood in 1994, much of it was not a pleasant place to walk. Most of the public rights-of-way (the areas between...

The Pilanguru community of Western Australia is about to experience uranium mining of the Mulga Rock open pit. Vimmy Resources was granted approval without any prior consultations to the indigenes...

This handy guide to mosquitoes and the illnesses they spread comes to us courtesy of Fix. Check out the infographic below and then scroll down to read about the history...

This article originally appeared on The Huffington Post on May 23, 2016. It has been reprinted here with permission from the author. Plastic: It’s ubiquitous. It’s in our food, it’s...

When we hear the word “mafia” we often picture the crass, Hollywood stereotype of trigger-happy men in expensive suits, ready to mouth off when insulted. But in Italy, they’re the...

Natural disasters have killed more than 800 people in China since June. The country has long been the subject of environmental scrutiny. Between polluted beaches, air, soil and water, officials...

Every four years, families gather around the television to witness their favorite divers, skaters and gymnasts compete for the gold - but according to some sources, things aren’t as great...

Last Tuesday, a broken sewer line spilled over two million gallons of waste into the Los Angeles River, providing a nasty surprise for downstream residents in Long Beach and Seal...

The myth that you can’t get enough nutrients from plant-based foods isn’t true. According to a new study, eating plants isn’t just healthy, it’s substantially more environmentally-friendly than eating beef....

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California today listed atrazine — the second-most widely used pesticide in the United States — under Proposition 65 as a chemical known to be linked to birth defects,...

Ten years ago, when Susan Pacheco sat down to help her children with their homework, she wasn’t thinking about changing the course of her life. She was thinking about...

Written by Sameh Fayez, translated by Jana Duman 14 young men from the small town of Kafr Ghatati decide to confront the deprivations their town is suffering from by means...

“Pigs are filthy animals,” says Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction, and it’s a common misconception. We picture pigs rolling around in mud, feasting on slop and living in tiny compartments...

Written by Jennifer Vanos (Texas Tech University, USA) and Robert Brown (University of Guelph, Canada). This article originally appeared on UGEC Viewpoints. When parents send their children off to school they...

(This is the second part of a two-part series dealing with the aftermath of the massive methane leak at Porter Ranch. To read the first part, click here.) The Sisyphean...

(This is the first part of a two-part series dealing with the aftermath of the massive methane leak at Porter Ranch. To read the second part, click here.) Aftermath of Porter Ranch...

Written by Caroline Larose Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR), New York For decades, utilities have structured rates to be commensurate with usage – the more kilowatts of electricity a household uses,...