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Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma

A new Swedish study focuses on very high levels of PFAS exposure in drinking water.

By Keerti Gopal

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Communities in Monterey County are often embedded in agricultural fields. In the Pajaro Valley near Salinas, Calif., people are surrounded by strawberry fields, where growers apply large volumes of pesticides known to cause harm, including brain-damaging organophosphates and cancer-causing 1,3-D. Credit: Liza Gross/Inside Climate News

California Sanctions Stark Disparities in Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy

By Liza Gross

A view of the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2016, where natural gas had been leaking from the Aliso Canyon storage facility since Oct. 23, 2015. Credit: Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images

Toxic Plumes from Aliso Canyon Gas Blowout Harmed Babies, Study Shows

By Liza Gross

Neuroscience professor Gina Turrigiano talks with researchers at her Brandeis University lab, where researchers are studying the origins of autism and other neurological disorders, on Feb. 12 in Waltham, Mass. Credit: Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Unraveling the Link Between Plastics and Autism

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Health care professionals examine a pregnant patient at Camerena Health Systems in Madera, Calif. on Sept. 13, 2023. Credit: Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In an Era of Environmental Deregulation, What Happens to Fetal and Reproductive Health Outcomes?

By Sarah Mattalian

A large crowd gathers on the National Mall, holding signs and banners advocating for anti-abortion causes, with the U.S. Supreme Court visible in the background.

‘Womb to Tomb’: Can Anti-Abortion Advocates Find Common Ground With the Climate Movement?

By Keerti Gopal

Emergency medical technicians respond to a pregnant woman suffering from dehydration as extreme heat hits the region on July 19, 2023 in Eagle Pass, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

For Pregnant People, Heat Waves Bring An Increased Risk of Preterm and Early Term Babies, Study Finds

By Victoria St. Martin

Khadiza Akhter fills up pitchers with water from a spigot in front of her home in Savar, Bangladesh. Credit: Mahadi Al Hasnat/Grist

Salt in the Womb: How Rising Seas Erode Reproductive Health

By Zoya Teirstein and Mahadi Al Hasnat, Grist

Sasser Sasser uses her research to show how climate emotions land hardest on marginalized groups, people of color and low-income groups. Credit: Courtesy photo

Q&A: Should We Be Having Babies In a Warming World? 

By Victoria St. Martin

A woman and her children cross the street at the intersection of Fruitvale Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard in the Dimond District of Oakland, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Credit: Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images

As Extreme Fires Multiply, California Scientists Zero In on How Smoke Affects Pregnancy and Children

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

A polar bear mom and cub wander near the quarry on the outskirts of the town of Churchill. Credit: Madison Stevens/Polar Bears International

Warming Trends: A Possible Link Between Miscarriages and Heat, Trash-Eating Polar Bears and a More Hopeful Work of Speculative Climate Fiction

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A pregnant woman receives an exam from her doctor. Biomonitoring studies have measured at least 43 chemicals from diverse classes of chemical compounds in 99-100% of pregnant women in the United States. Credit: Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images

Fossil Fuels Aren’t Just Harming the Planet. They’re Making Us Sick

By Liza Gross, Victoria St. Martin

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