For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental Protection Agency that measures the threat of toxic chemicals. Most people ...

Disinfecting drinking water prevents the spread of deadly waterborne diseases by killing infectious agents such as bacteria, ...

Mosquito season is returning to the Northeast, and with it comes not only a surge in buzzing pests but also perennial debates about whether spraying them is safe. At the center of this controversy is ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 12, 2025) A team of Argentinian researchers conducted a study published in Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology of the combined effects of the herbicide glyphosate ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Ethylene oxide was once considered an unremarkable pollutant. The colorless gas seeped from relatively few industrial ...

Hidden flows of water are poised to flush toxic contamination into U.S. coastal communities. Sea level rise from climate change won’t just force shorelines to retreat — in inland areas, it will ...

Rule protects cashiers, shoppers, families from hormone-disrupting chemicals; New data show many major retailers have already ...

A committee of the National Research Council (NRC) will conduct a two-part study to assess and advance current approaches to toxicity testing and assessment to meet regulatory data needs. In the first ...