Environmental Science & Technology Letters

The bullet train won't open for years, but it's already taking cars off the road and clearing the air. Here's how.

A study of school uniforms in the US and Canada shows high levels of chemical substances linked to health issues.

Alongside climate change, air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health. Tiny particles known as particulate matter or PM2.5 (named for their diameter of just 2.5 micrometers or less) are a particularly hazardous type of pollutant. These particles are produced from a variety of sources, including wildfires and the burning of fossil fuels, and can enter our bloodstream, travel deep into…

For the past couple of decades, tens of thousands of people living in rural Sri Lanka have been devastated by kidney failure due to unclear causes, also known as CKDu. Similar incidences of mysterious kidney diseases have emerged in tropical farming communities around the world.

A common, cheap way of fixing sewer pipes can actually release toxic chemicals into surrounding buildings.

Surgical masks have been part of essential personal protection during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the inappropriate disposal of surgical masks can cause serious microplastic pollution, equivalent to seriously polluting more than 54,800 Olympic-sized swimming pools of seawater annually, researchers from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) discovered. This can also affect the growth and reproduction of marine…

First, it was our gas stoves. Now washers and tumble dryers join the eco-menaces, spewing microplastics into our water and air. Is it time to rethink our laundry habits? (Spoiler alert: probably not).

A 2022 law expanded the FDA's authority to regulate makeup, and it also set a 3-year deadline for a report on potential risk of PFAS, known as 'forever chemicals,' in cosmetics.

Certain communities are excessively plagued by airborne particles known to cause cancer, the study suggests.

In the beginning, the idea of environmental justice didn't have a name. It didn't have much support, either.

Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have developed a wearable clip that can detect if a person has been exposed to COVID-19.

When natural gas leaks from a subsurface pipeline, a ground cover of water/snow saturation, asphalt paving or a combination of these can cause the gas to migrate away from the leak site up to three to four times farther than through dry soil, a new study has found.

A study conducted by Duke University researchers suggests that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, may be a potential cause of the mysterious kidney disease CKDu that has affected rural communities in Sri Lanka and similar regions around the world. The findings have been published in Envir...

MIT researchers find that natural sources of air pollution exceed updated air quality guidelines in many regions around the world.

Parts of Southern California are covered with pink fire retardant as firefighters try to control deadly wildfires raging in Los Angeles. But what is Phos-Chek fire retardant and is it safe?

From carpets to toilet paper, these persistent manufacturing chemicals are everywhere. Here's what to know.

Across the U.S., children and adults are increasingly exposed to harmful chemicals from a source few people are even aware of.

Take a look back at the key elements in the historic Inflation Reduction Act that climate and clean energy advocates will be watching closely in 2023.

These communities are excessively plagued by airborne particles known to cause cancer, a new study suggests.

A new study shows how redlining, a Depression-era housing policy, contributed to inequalities that persist decades later in U.S. cities.