Refinery accidents are often associated with explosions and fires, but the damage does not always end when the flames are extinguished. In many cases, the most serious harm comes from toxic ...

Pesticide contamination continues to spread into protected areas, as documented by a study in Brazil of epilithic biofilms.

PFAS are highly persistent environmental contaminants that accumulate in soils and sediments, acting as long-term sources of exposure to aquatic ecosystems and the food chain. Understanding how these ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 20, 2024) A study published online in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology raises continuing concern about residual exposure to organochlorine pesticides ...

A University of Utah found summer heat and nitrogen dioxide associated with winter inversions contribute to the rising ...

Socioeconomic factors are widely recognized as potential modifiers of the relationship between air pollution and mortality, but the available evidence remains limited. In this context, a new study led ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety alert for 19 cookware products sold mainly in South Asian grocery stores across several states. Aluminum and brass pots, pans, kadais, and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has detected radioactive cesium-137 contamination in a sample of cloves imported from Indonesia, leading to immediate import restrictions on products from ...

Contamination is becoming much more difficult to identify at the most advanced nodes, forcing fabs to rethink how control is achieved. Issues may show up as electrical or statistical anomalies, not ...