Human Health

A new book looks at the “dark underbelly of our favorite fish” and urges regulators and businesses to better protect wild salmon, coastal ecosystems and consumers.

Fishing subsidies threaten ocean health and food security. The World Trade Organization has a plan to address that, but implementation must come quickly.

Despite their reputation as destructive pests, new research reveals that armadillos support dozens of other species — including, possibly, humans.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered fears of another nuclear power disaster in the region, 36 years after the world’s largest nuclear accident. 

Researchers found that people don't have to be right next to oil and gas fields to experience respiratory distress from flaring.

The United Nations has an opportunity to address plastic pollution on an international level. Will it finally act?

It’s time to overhaul the chemical industry — for the sake of fenceline communities and the rest of the planet.

The Environmental Protection Agency can help protect millions of people who live near industrial facilities — but only if it works now to strengthen an important federal chemical policy.

With a lack of regulations addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” students and professors at a Vermont college have taken their research skills into communities to spur action.

A new podcast puts BIPOC storytelling front and center in working for solutions to the plastic crisis.