Nitrate pollution, a pervasive consequence of agricultural runoff and urban effluents, has emerged as a significant threat to aquatic ecosystems worldwide. Elevated nitrate levels have been implicated ...

A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...

The current state of cardiovascular health globally is significantly influenced by both environmental and metabolic factors, which interplay complexly to affect population health outcomes. Recent ...

A man in glasses looks into a fish tank in which fish of many colors are swimming. Ecotoxicologist Bob Wong studies how fish change when exposed to the antidepressant medication fluoxetine. Credit: ...

MACH Engineering reports that industrial water pollution remains a significant issue in the U.S., with many businesses ...

A recent BMC Public Health journal study investigates the effects of air pollution and lifestyle factors on mortality. Study: Health impacts of lifestyle and ambient air pollution patterns on ...

Pharmaceutical residues increasingly enter ecosystems across the drug life cycle, prompting calls for coordinated global ...

Socioeconomic factors are widely recognized as potential modifiers of the relationship between air pollution and mortality, ...

When I was child, I fretted about some environmental issues. I was so very worried when the gypsy moths were destroying trees and imagined they would kill them all. I worried about humans cutting down ...

Posters presented at the CHEST 2024 annual meeting demonstrated air pollution's role in lung impairment and disease, highlighting the urgent need for providers to address the escalating impacts of ...