Environmental Health
Microplastics, strokes, and heart attacks
A new study found plastic particles in the arterial plaque of more than half the participants, raising their risk of serious health events.
Resilience in a Moroccan oasis
Photographer M'hammed Kilito captures climate change in a fragile ecosystem.
Lead makes people sick. So why do Memphis leaders overlook it?
The toxin contributes to three of the city’s most serious issues: education, health, and public safety.
A toxin that won’t quit
Jim Morris’s new book chronicles failures to protect workers at every level of the system.
Electric school buses are a breath of fresh air for children
Nearly $1 billion in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution.
Getting microplastics out of our system
The particles have been linked to neurological, heart, and fertility issues.
Coal power plant pollution contributes to more deaths than scientists realized
The pollutants were associated with premature deaths of nearly half a million elderly Americans.
A famous cancer cluster, 10 years later
“We don't have to have perfect certainty in order to have useful information.”
Tackling environmental racism in Canada
A conversation with the filmmaker and author behind the documentary "There's Something in the Water"