This undated photo provided by the Oregon Health & Science University in October 2024 shows Drs. Erin Yamamoto, left, and Juan Piantino, who used special imaging to spot a long-suspected pathway the ...

Despite the threats that improper handling of hazardous waste, particularly electronic waste (e-waste), poses to human health ...

Open Access Government explores the issue of water pollution and its severe implications for public health and the ...

A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. Researchers used A.I. to model waste ...

Purdue University is committed to preserving a balance between protecting the health of people and the environment, while accommodating increasingly sophisticated and productive research operations.

What type of pollution is so tiny it can be invisible to the naked eye? Hint: Humans ingest it through the air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink. The answer: microplastics.

The highest burden of waste came from administrative costs. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported that U.S. health care spending hit ...

A few weeks ago I lost the use of my toilet and learned firsthand just how much I missed it when it wasn't there. My plumbing went out of order when the pipe between my house and the city's sewer line ...

Farmers across Washington already spread thousands of tons of fertilizer from human waste on their crops each year, but there’s a major blind spot when it comes to potential contaminants. In ...

Biohazardous agent refers to an agent that is biological in nature, capable of self-replication, and has the capacity to produce deleterious effects upon biological organisms. Biohazardous agents ...

Earlier this year, a spate of deaths in Florida caused by Vibrio vulnificus, known as the flesh-eating bacteria, made ...