The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...

"CAFOs are significant sources of environmental pollution with potential public health implications." ...

New research found a connection between non-smoking related lung cancer rates and benzene, which is emitted from coke ovens ...

Family Health Centers, Inc. in Louisville is partnering with Vanderbilt University on a long-term study that will identify environmental cancer risks in the South. The study involves a survey and asks ...

Children living near petrochemical plants in Louisiana have a significantly higher risk of health issues like anemia and ...

Counties with higher concentrations of large industrial livestock operations show elevated cancer rates compared with counties with fewer such facilities, according to a new peer reviewed study that ...

The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called "a scam." But repeated scientific studies ...

When a bottlenose dolphin calf nudges its mother for milk in the warm shallows of the Gulf of Mexico, it is receiving more ...

Pesticide exposure is associated with increased cancer risk and early cellular disruption, especially in heavily exposed communities, calling for new approaches to health risk evaluation.

Share on Pinterest Scientists have quantified the impact certain lifestyle factors have on biological aging. Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images Researchers are still working to ...

Even after one of the largest environmental remediation efforts in California history, dangerous levels of lead persist in ...

An open house to gather public comment on an upcoming local environmental health study runs from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, in the Butte Public Archives, 17 W. Quartz St. This phase of the ...