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A study confirmed that humans can't survive as long in heat and humidity as once believed. It also validated a lab method ...

Another recent study published in Environmental Pollution by the same team examined the relationship between exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and childhood, and changes in brain volume ...

Our aim was to examine how exposure to air pollution shapes development ... particularly in different environmental and socioeconomic contexts. Policymakers, educators and healthcare professionals ...

Known for spending much of its life underground, the little-known American burying beetle could hold the key to developing ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Staff who worked on lead, asthma let go from CDC Staff members who ...

Whether you buy rice at the grocery store or order a side of it while dining out, do you prefer brown rice or white rice? Or ...

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services have announced they are launching a ...

Staff members who fought childhood lead exposure and those who worked on cancer clusters were among those fired from the ...

known as human bronchial epithelium, to dry air. After exposure, the cells were evaluated for mucus thickness and inflammatory responses. Cells that experienced periods of dry air (with a high VPD ...

Cuts to the CDC's branch responsible for investigating and preventing lead poisoning has brought multiple efforts to help ...