Botulism is a life-threatening illness for people of all ages, caused when the bacterium Clostridium botulinum releases ...

Certain foods are more susceptible to listeria contamination than others (think: raw milk, bean sprouts and melon). The ...

This essay is part of a series on environmental health. Everywhere they look, they find particles of pollution, like infinite spores in an endless contagion field. Scientists call that field the ...

Six people have died due to an outbreak of listeria linked to prepared pasta meals sold at major US grocery chains. A doctor ...

To fill in the blanks, they developed a model that helped them map presumptive contamination sites. It relies on information about certain kinds of industrial sites that are known for emitting PFAS.

The garden beds are empty in José Villegas’ backyard, and the land where he grew even more corn and calabasas is a flat ...

Multiple schools and early learning centers in the Australian Capital Territory have shut on Friday after asbestos was found ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been rolling out waves of data showing which locations across the country have the highest levels of PFAS contamination in drinking water systems. The ...

U.S. federal regulators have detected possible radioactive contamination in a second food product imported from Indonesia, even as recalls of potentially tainted shrimp continue to grow. Officials ...

Harbor Island, located in the Grand River on the north side of town, has been undeveloped and contaminated since the J.B. Sims plant closed in 2020. It currently has a walking path, boardwalk, fishing ...