Pregnant women, especially Black and Hispanic women, are exposed to a wide variety of harmful chemicals, including those that disrupt hormones.

Climate change is colliding with old factory sites where soil or water contamination still exist, and the most vulnerable populations are particularly at risk.

The findings of a large-scale screen could help researchers design nanoparticles that target specific types of cancer.

Women exposed to phthalates, every day chemicals found in cosmetics, food packaging, and other items, have a higher risk of preterm birth.

With particles that release their payloads at different times, one injection could provide multiple vaccine doses.

Harvard scientists have developed a revolutionary new mechanism that could unlock environmentally friendly air conditioning.

The US Environmental Protection Agency is reexamining the health effects of bisphenol A. A chemist explains why BPA is in plastics and why it’s hard to find a safe replacement.

The federal government has new advisories on PFAS, which can put human health at risk in a list of ways, but so far only states are regulating the chemicals.

Due to increasing concerns over the health hazards posed by BPA, the Food and Drug Administration plans to reevaluate the safety of the controversial chemical for use in everyday products.

MIT research highlights the opportunity to rethink global air quality guidelines.