Human Health

You’re helping nature — but nature also has ways to help you, make you more resilient, and relieve the stress caused by environmental destruction.

Earth Day coordinator Denis Hayes grew up in Camas, Washington, surrounded by natural beauty and unchecked pollution.

Really, they do — they just don’t think you want to talk about it. So stop being afraid of pushback, break the “climate silence,” and start a conversation.

Protecting civilian and military firefighters — and the communities they serve — requires a comprehensive strategy, including disclosure of the chemicals in new firefighting foams.

Toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie. As Toledo tries to clean up, restoring wetlands could help.

Our minds can flip the script on climate change. Here are ways to reframe our perceptions and make us more resilient and empowered.

The current administration continues to senselessly undermine efforts to reduce single-use plastics. But plastic never was and never will be disposable, and neither are the people it poisons.

The Trump administration has already rolled back planned limits on PFAS chemicals, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems.

The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.

Storm surges and sea-level rise damage sanitation systems and threaten ecosystems and human health. We need to take this risk seriously.