It was determined that digestive, endocrine, respiratory, and oral cavity and pharynx cancer could be associated with ...

Natural Resources Manager Amy Kay gives Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig a small tour of Goose Creek after announcing a water quality project at the creek on Tuesday, April 23, in Davenport.

It feels like every day there is a new scare or warning about the health risks of something in our everyday lives. Then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy began the year by ...

Discover how the Trump administration's rollbacks of environmental regulations are exposing Americans to cancer-causing chemicals like formaldehyde.

The smoke may be temporary, but toxic air pollution is an ever-present danger with effects that linger for generations.

Teflon, you might have heard, may cause cancer. The culprit was a toxic, now retired compound called PFOA. Also known as C8, the chemical became the subject of a major lawsuit accusing DuPont ...

Modifying the physical characteristics of microscopic biomaterials to interact seamlessly with the body's tissues could unlock safer and more effective cancer treatments, according to Virginia Tech ...

People around the world have been wearing Gore-Tex for nearly 60 years. And now, the state of Maryland is suing them over forever chemicals.

With the strong associations established in epidemiologic studies and a dearth of evidence on the actual mechanisms by which ...

DEQ is also monitoring wastewater plants in Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, and Reidsville, where some progress has been made in reducing contamination.

A type of aggressive, treatment-resistant brain tumor has a distinct population of immune cells that support its growth, ...

Nearly every sample of seafood in Oregon contains microscopic, cancer-causing plastics, a new study from Portland State ...