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Panelists discuss the challenges climate and anticipated climate change effects will have in the United States and internationally, including in vulnerable populations.

Know how to ensure your safety against harmful or misused pesticides.

Something is threatening the health of bats in America. Why you'll care -- especially this summer. Read more...

Can you picture the life without a cell phone? I can’t, since it’s very handy. I can rely on it like on a good friend. But my friend has two sides of which I have not been fully aware. Especially of the level of cell phone radiation.

Amphibians are an important component of the global ecosystem, as indicators of environmental health and contributors to human health. They watched the dinosaurs come and go, but today almost half of them are themselves threatened with extinction. Addressing the amphibian extinction crisis represents the greatest species conservation challenge in the

Sen. Boxer, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,  and other Senators respond to White House editing of the testimony given by Dr. Julie Gerberding, on the health effects of climate change on public health.

A new disease is attacking orange groves, and it has some Florida citrus growers talking about potentially catastrophic damage to the industry. The Asian disease has a mild name — Citrus greening — but it has already spread to 27 of 32 Florida counties producing citrus fruit like oranges, lemons and grapefruit.

I didn't know she was sick. Why didn't anyone tell me??

I didn't know this affected a lot of people. Actually to tell you the truth, I didn't know what it was

"The malignant demon that we all fear is instead the human body’s final cry for help"

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Should global warming continue to ravage our planet at current rates, the numbers of people suffering Leishmaniasis, a flesh-eating and sometimes fatal disease will increase dramatically.

The current engineering concept for dealing with human waste is to use vast quantities of water to wash it away, preferably into a sewer system where it will be treated before being discharged into the local river. The "flush and forget" system is expensive, water-intensive, it disrupts the nutrient cycle, and it is a major source of disease in developing countries.