Our interdisciplinary team reviewed more than 100 research articles from both animal and human studies that focused on the effects of outdoor air pollution on mental health and regions of the ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

Serious pollution incidents by water companies have risen 60% in a year, according to the Environment Agency. In total there ...

Doctor Phil Landrigan, a physician who directs Boston College's Global Observatory on Pollution and Health, joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about the links between ocean pollution and human ...

Public concern about, and desire for research into, the human health effects of marine plastic pollution: Results from a 15-country survey across Europe and Australia.

Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when toxins in the oceans make landfall they imperil the health and well-being of more than 3 billion people, according to a new report by an ...

This includes a 2018 study that found microplastics in human stool samples all around the world, and a 2020 study that unearthed plastic particles in every human tissue it sampled.

Air pollution is an environmental health hazard made from a mix of natural (i.e. gas and ash from volcanoes) and human-made (i.e. vehicle emissions and manufacturing by-products) hazardous ...

Innovations such as trans fats, air pollution, and microplastics pose significant threats to heart health by causing ...

Ocean pollution is widespread, worsening, and poses a clear and present danger to human health and well-being. But the extent of this danger has not been widely comprehended — until now.

A new paper collates the latest research on soil pollution and its effects on human health. The report describes the links researchers have found between soil pollution and cardiovascular disease.

Ocean pollution "poses serious threats to human health and well-being," but it can still be halted, according to a report from 44 scientists in 20-plus countries. The Vatican's "Aqua fons vitae ...