All articles related to "water pollution":

Tracking mercury sources in seafood

It’s been known that exposure to the neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) comes mostly from eating seafood. Now, a new Harvard study has found that most of that exposure comes from tuna and shrimp, and that seafood from the Pacific…

New Superfund center launched to investigate industrial chemicals

The Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of PFASs (STEEP) center has been launched to investigate industrial chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). High levels of human exposure to PFASs have been shown to increase cholesterol levels, interfere…

Pollution has steep price in lives lost, economic damages

Toxic air, water, and soil contribute annually to 9 million deaths and $4.6 trillion in economic damages globally, according to a new report by the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. Illness and death related to pollution in less-developed…

Chemical contamination in Australian drinking water

Philippe Grandjean, adjunct professor of environmental health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discussed the potential health effects of PFASs in drinking water in an October 9, 2017 interview on Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC-TV) Four Corners…

Understanding how chemicals contaminate water

Environmental experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the University of Rhode Island (URI) are teaming up to learn more about chemicals that have contaminated water at sites across the U.S. Harvard Chan School’s Philippe…