A class of chemicals –– likely in products all over many homes in the United States –– could be impacting your hormone health. The scientific literature around EDCs is still growing, but associations ...

This year, the Environmental Protection Agency has been doubling down on longstanding plans to begin regulating harmful chemicals from a family known as PFAS, also called “forever chemicals.” The ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

Invisible, omnipresent "forever chemicals" have been linked to a wide range of serious effects on human health, prompting growing calls for them to be banned. While there is firm evidence that at ...

We’re not talking about PFAS — we’re talking about phthalates. By now, we’ve all heard about the risks of PFAS, neurotoxic compounds that have aptly been nicknamed “forever chemicals” due to their ...

People are exposed to thousands of chemicals every day—through the products they use, the food they eat and the environments they live in—but only a fraction of those chemicals have been fully tested ...

'Forever chemicals' are everywhere. But only a handful have been evaluated for potentially toxic effects. Researchers think there may be a faster, cheaper way to figure out which ones might be ...

There’s no denying PFAS are useful: they stop scrambled eggs from sticking to the pan, keep raincoats dry and save carpets from stains. Yet there’s growing concern about the long-term environmental ...

A large body of science has linked phthalates to a variety of serious health conditions, including premature birth and infertility. Warning: This graphic requires ...

The hair salon might seem like a safe space socially speaking, but unfortunately, not when it comes to dangerous chemicals lurking in popular treatments. There's been a number of studies on the toxic ...