NewsScientists Promote a Shift in How American and Canadian Organizations Manage Hazardous Chemicalsby Holden GalushaWith the essential-use approach, scientists hope that health and safety will be prioritized while spurring innovation
NewsResearchers Find Lead in Turmericby Stanford UniversitySome spice processors in Bangladesh use an industrial lead chromate pigment to imbue turmeric with a bright yellow color prized for curries and other traditional dishes, elevating blood lead levels in Bangladeshis
NewsContact with Monkeys and Apes Puts Populations at Riskby PLOSZoonotic diseases now constitute more than 60 percent of emerging infectious diseases
NewsDDT in Alaska Meltwater Poses Cancer Riskby University of MaineThe risk to children exposed to DDT and hexachlorocyclohexane accumulated in fish is significantly higher than it is for adults
NewsChecking Water Quality at the Tapby American Chemical SocietyWhen consumers turn on a faucet, they expect the drinking water that gushes out to be safe
NewsPutting Food-Safety Detection in the Hands of Consumersby Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySimple, scalable wireless system uses the RFID tags on billions of products to sense contamination
NewsLeading Researchers Call for a Ban on Widely Used Insecticidesby University of California - DavisUse of organophosphates has lessened, but risks to early brain development still too high
NewsZika Circulates Among Wild Animals in the Americasby University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonWild monkeys in the Americas are transmitting the Zika virus to humans via mosquitoes
News15 Emerging Technologies That Could Reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risksby Johns Hopkins Center for Health SecurityJohns Hopkins Center for Health Security authors recommend dedicated attention to and investment in 'potentially transformative' technologies
NewsUTSA Researchers Develop Tools to Prepare for Chemical Attacksby University of Texas at San AntonioResearchers can map toxic gas dispersal to help direct evacuations