These Everyday Toxins May Be Hurting Pregnant Women and Their Babies
This is the second article in a three-part series by investigative reporter Liza Gross, exploring the most dangerous toxins found in the average American home....
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E.P.A. Rejects Its Own Findings That a Pesticide Harms Childrens’ Brains
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has rejected scientific evidence linking the pesticide chlorpyrifos to serious health problems, directly contradicting federal scientists’ conclusions five years ago...
How to Protect Children from Wildfire Smoke
Megafires are prompting a lockdown within a lockdown for millions of American children, as parents who have already curbed social activities in light of the...
Australia’s Stinging Trees: Please Do Not Pet Them
The lore that shrouds Australia’s giant stinging trees, of the genus Dendrocnide, is perhaps as dubious as it is vast. Tales abound of nightmarish encounters...
Here’s a Way to Make Communities More Resilient to Hurricanes
Climate and weather science have made impressive advancements in the 15 years since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in their ability to track these storms...
Her Town Depended on the Mill. Was It Also Making the Residents Sick?
MILL TOWNReckoning With What RemainsBy Kerri Arsenault In 1981, a doctor in a small mill town in Maine read a study suggesting that prostate and...
Hurricane Laura Passed, but Disaster Still Looms for Texas
HOUSTON — Laura has come and gone, and the Houston region has survived another near miss. But the disaster the city nearly faced this week...
Laura Hits Petrochemical Region, and a Factory Goes Up in Flames
A fire blazed, and thick, acrid smoke poured from a Louisiana chemical factory, confirming fears that Hurricane Laura’s ravaging winds and water from would release...
Don’t Drink the Tea: Poison Is a Favored Weapon in Russia
MOSCOW — Without the slightest premonition of any issues with his health, Pyotr Verzilov, a Russian opposition activist, suddenly fell violently ill two years ago...
Michigan to Pay $600 Million to Victims of Flint Water Crisis
The state of Michigan is expected to pay about $600 million to victims of the Flint water crisis, according to two people with knowledge of...