This was written by Richard Denison, Ph.D. for EDF Health: In a press conference today outlining plans to restart the water system serving 300,000 people, West Virginia state officials and executives from the West Virginia American Water utility company stressed that levels of the toxic chemical...

Close to 25 percent of Americans attend school or college every day as students, teachers, staff, faculty and administrators. Usually the focus is on the academics, with sports and after-school activities coming in a close second. Until recently, little thought was given to the actual...

This was written by Anna Fahey for Sightline Daily:  Reports released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) can be daunting, even for science and policy insiders. The full Physical Science Assessment, the first installment of the Fifth Assessment Report (pdf), released in manuscript form earlier this...

This was written by Mandy Warner, Climate and Air Policy Specialist for the Environmental Defense Fund: Hundreds of thousands of babies are born in the U.S each year with enough mercury in their blood to impair healthy brain development. As they grow, these children’s capacity...

A summary of recent research shows climate change will increase our exposure to mercury, a toxic heavy metal that threatens fetal growth and development and targets the brains of children. Pregnant women hear a lot about mercury from their obstetricians, who emphasize the need to...