For more than three decades Michigan tracked the health of about 4,000 residents who ingested fire retardant chemicals accidentally introduced into the food supply. Now the state is handing off the study – not because of mollified fears or chemical-free participants. There’s no money.

Research by the environmental organisation Ecology Centre has revealed that the hazardous chemicals present in interior car parts such as steering wheel, dashboard, armrests and seats can cause a variety of acute and long-term health problems, and children are at greater risk.

A measure that would prohibit West Virginia children from using indoor tanning beds in an effort to combat skin cancer rates among young adults easily passed the Senate on Tuesday and was sent to the House of Delegates.

West Virginia has one of the nation's worst teen smoking and spit tobacco use rates, but members of the House health committee aren't sure that targeting flavored tobacco is the answer as the Health and Human Resources Committee delayed action on a proposed ban.

A study conducted by the Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate has revealed that there are still 20,000 pan latrines, which are emptied in opened places, and 51 per cent of the population also did not have any form of toilet facility in their homes.

There are no scientific studies proving that acetaminophen - brand name Tylenol - causes asthma. But Dr. John McBride, a pediatric pulmonologist at Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio, says it may make asthma worse in kids who already have it.

Lobbyists continue to make arguments that suggest clean air is something we can’t afford as a nation or that our economy would be better off with lax regulations. As a parent and human being, I would argue that we must do everything we can to protect our air because without it we are nothing.

More than 2.6 million children worldwide die each year from undernourishment. As a campaign to cut child mortality is launched, reports from Rwanda show how, even in such a fertile country, poverty and high prices are a fatal combination.

Your favorite shade of Marilyn Monroe red may contain lead, according to a recently updated test of lipstick by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency found that 400 popular lipsticks contained trace amounts of the toxin.

Health officials are investigating why five babies from the same street were all born with the same rare birth defect.

It is possible that customers of Carroll Boone Water District may not have fluoride added to their water after all as a result a CBWD contract with Eureka Springs, Berryville, Green Forest and Harrison that forbids the introduction of any corrosive water into distribution systems.

Mothers with low vitamin D levels during pregnancy are twice as likely to have children who experience language difficulties requiring clinical treatment, Australian scientists have found.

The Food and Drug Administration said Vivus Inc.'s obesity drug Qnexa was effective at helping people lose weight, but the FDA raised concerns about possible long-term side effects such as birth defects and an unknown impact on the heart.

EPA and Freescale Semiconductor officials say they will soon install special machines in 16 residences on an east Phoenix Superfund site to ensure the homeowners and renters do not breathe in toxic vapors.

Some Malaysians suspect that Lynas, a rare earths mining company based in Australia, is choosing to refine in Malaysia in order to sidestep more stringent environmental regulations at home.

After 21 years of wrangling over health threats, uncertain science and industry pressure, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday released its assessment of dioxins defining how toxic they are.

High levels of endosulfan, a highly toxic pesticide which has been widely used in cashew nut and other cash crop plantations, have been found in the bone marrow of children suffering from blood cancers in the areas using the pesticide.

At a recent meeting, the Montville Board of Education approved a settlement of $1.5 million with Public Service Electric and Gas, though some residents are still concerned about exposure to electromagnetic radiation from the proposed power line.

By age 10, most people are exposed to enough radiation to be at risk, but the science is so complicated that exposure could even have benefits.

High levels of endosulfan, a highly toxic pesticide which has been widely used in cashew nut and other cash crop plantations, have been found in the bone marrow of children suffering from blood cancers in the areas using the pesticide.