Early studies have detected microplastics in penile and testicular tissue, raising questions about links to erectile dysfunction and fertility, but evidence remains mixed and causation unproven.

A proposed EPA rule under the Trump administration would restrict states from banning or regulating some of the nation’s most hazardous chemicals, including PFAS, asbestos, and formaldehyde, a change public…

The US has been importing increasing amounts of paraquat, a pesticide widely used in farming that is linked to Parkinson’s disease, even as other countries have banned the chemical amid…

LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo — Fifty African gray parrots have been released back into the wild in the Democratic Republic of Congo following their rescue from the illegal wildlife…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that the nation’s falling fertility rate poses a “national security threat,” linking the decline to chemical exposure and endocrine disruptors, while experts say…

Kyle Kunkler fought for a restricted weed killer that can harm plants and wildlife when it drifts to nearby land. He’s now at the E.P.A., which wants to allow its…

With plastics breaking down into microscopic particles that enter the food chain, researchers are investigating how they may affect reproductive health.

Brazil’s environment agency, IBAMA, has approved an environmental license for state-owned oil company Petrobras to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River. The license, issued Oct. 20,…

A year after Hurricane Helene, North Carolina communities that exhausted their budgets on storm cleanup and recovery are still waiting for FEMA reimbursement.

Baby clothing may expose infants to hundreds of chemicals used in everything from plastics to pesticides — including some known to be toxic, a new study shows.