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Smoke from wildfires in Canada creates a dangerous haze as the air quality index reaches 160 in New York City on June 30, 2023. Credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Air Pollution Could Potentially Exacerbate Menopause Symptoms, Study Says

By Gina Jiménez

One World Trade Center in New York City is obscured amid poor air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires as planes sit on the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport on June 8, 2023 in New Jersey. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

More Than a Third of All Americans Live in Communities with ‘Hazardous’ Air, Lung Association Finds

By Victoria St. Martin

Low Wages and Health Risks Are Crippling the U.S. Wildland Firefighting Forces

By Kiley Price

A Group of Women Took Switzerland to Court Over Climate Inaction—and Won

By Kiley Price

An In-N-Out Burger is closed and tented for termite fumigation on March 13 in Hollywood, Calif. Credit: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images

California Leads the Nation in Emissions of a Climate Super-Pollutant, Study Finds

By Phil McKenna, Liza Gross

Residents near the Moody unauthorized dump site continue to worry about health impacts caused by the underground fire. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Forever Chemicals From a Forever Fire

By Lee Hedgepeth

A worker sprays weed killer around the edges of a vineyard near Healdsburg, Calif. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

California’s Latino Communities Most at Risk From Exposure to Brain-Damaging Weed Killer

By Liza Gross

Natural gas is flared off during an oil-drilling operation in the Permian Basin in Stanton, Texas. A new study examined flaring and venting during oil and gas production. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Flaring and Venting at Industrial Plants Causes Roughly Two Premature Deaths Each Day, a New Study Finds

By Victoria St. Martin

Steam rises from a petroleum processing tower at an oil refinery near Salt Lake City, Utah. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in the New England Journal of Medicine

By Liza Gross

Clairton Coke Works is one of the world’s largest producers of coke, which leads to the emission of a raft of chemicals. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

In the ‘Armpit of the Universe,’ a Window Into the Persistent Inequities of Environmental Policy

By Kiley Bense, Victoria St. Martin

A Kenan Advantage Group gasoline tanker spilled thousands of gallons of fuel onto Interstate 59 in Birmingham, according to officials. The fuel made its way to Village Creek, which flows nearby. Credit: Courtesy of Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service

A Gas Tanker Crashed in Birmingham and Spilled 2,100 Gallons Into Nearby Village Creek. Who Is Responsible?

By Lee Hedgepeth

Louisiana and Mississippi have the highest rates of low birth weight and preterm birth in the country, and new evidence suggests industrial pollution could play a role. Credit: Getty Images

Louisiana’s Toxic Air Is Linked to Low-Weight and Pre-Term Births

Jessica Kutz, The 19th

Barbara Sattler, a visionary environmental and climate public health leader, talks about how to help build community resilience to a warming world. Credit: Liza Gross

Q&A: California Nurse and Environmental Health Pioneer Barbara Sattler on Climate Change as a Medical Emergency

By Liza Gross

Entrances to a uranium mine are locked shut outside Ticaboo, Utah. Credit: Photo by George Frey/Getty Images

Tribes Meeting With Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Describe Harms Uranium Mining Has Had on Them, and the Threats New Mines Pose

By Noel Lyn Smith

Sonya Sanders poses for a portrait outside her home in Philadelphia on Dec. 19, 2023. Credit: Caroline Gutman/Inside Climate News

To Live and Die in Philadelphia: Sonya Sanders Grew Up Next Door to a Giant Refinery. She’s Still Suffering From Environmental Trauma

By Victoria St. Martin

Bisphenols, used in aluminum can linings, are synthetic estrogens that mess with fat distribution in the body. Credit: Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Q&A: Everyday Plastics Are Making Us Sick—and Costing Us $250 Billion a Year in Healthcare

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Construction workers rebuild the I-69 Southwest/I-610 West Loop Interchange during a heat wave in Houston, Texas, on July 14, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

After Another Year of Record-Breaking Heat, a Heightened Focus on Public Health

By Victoria St. Martin

“Our study suggests that there are concerns in terms of how DEET could affect reproductive health,” Mónica P. Colaiácovo said. “However, this is still a very important line of defense against many of these insect-transmitted diseases.” Credit: VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Does the Insect Repellent DEET Affect Reproductive Systems?

By Victoria St. Martin

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