The combined emissions of metals and other environmentally hazardous substances from ships is putting the marine environment at risk according to a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, ...

The European Society of Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the World Heart Federation have published the first joint statement calling for urgent action ...

This chapter reviews EPA and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) methodologies for risk-based cleanup at hazardous waste sites. These two methodologies, while not the only available, are ...

A new study evaluates associations between nearly 200 environmental exposures and Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

The actual environmental risk of pyrethroids can, therefore, only be assessed to a very limited extent. According to the authors of the article, their results can presumably be transferred to many ...

Researchers have developed a model that more accurately predicts how genetics and air pollution levels causally influence disease development. Every disease is shaped by a genetic component as well as ...

A new perspective argues that understanding the lifelong web of environmental exposures, from early childhood to older age, could unlock more precise strategies for preventing mental illness and ...