Cancer is traditionally known as a disease affecting mostly older people.But some worrying trends show cancer rates in ...

I used to love my Teflon pans. I crisped tofu, fried latkes, and reduced sauces to sticky glazes in them, marveling at how ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Environmental Health Matters Initiative organized a webinar series to explore human exposure to and related health effects of ...

Getting ready for a hurricane’s landfall means making sure everyone in your household is prepared, including your furry ...

While scientists are still investigating the potential dangers of human exposure to microplastics, they've been linked to ...

Microplastics research faces standardization challenges as viral headlines about "plastic in your brain" overshadow ...

A new study from West Virginia University adds to the growing catalog of evidence that microplastics are everywhere on Earth, including the water, air, and wildlife in national parks.

A recent study published by Portland State University discovered a variety of microplastics in 180 out of 182 tested seafood ...

Feces from a variety of wild animals help illustrate how widespread microplastics have become in the Swiss wilderness.

The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes.

Organ-on-a-chip systems offer a more accurate, ethical, and scalable alternative to animal testing in drug discovery and ...