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People can sicken animals

By Amanda Leigh Mascarelli / April 17, 2013

Wildlife can sometimes become infected with germs shed by people

Posted in Animals, Body & Health | Tagged biological pollution, bobcats, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, cats, clams, crabs, ecology, emerging infectious disease, explainer, feces, filter feeders, germs, marine mammals, Melissa Miller, microbe, microbiology, mollusk, mussels, Oysters, parasite, pathogen, Pollution, runoff, sea otters, terms: pets, toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis, wetlands, wildcat, wildlife

Bad for breathing

By Stephen Ornes / March 8, 2013

Researchers have connected exposure to high levels of pollutants called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, to a greater likelihood of having asthma and allergies. Caption: Photo courtesy of the EPA

New study connects pollution to several common diseases that affect the lungs and airways

Posted in Body & Health, Environment & Pollution | Tagged air pollution, allergy, asthma, biochemistry, cells, combustion, getinvolved, immune system, immunity, inflammation, Kari Nadeau, lungs, medicine, Ohio University, PAHs, Pollution, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Stanford University, swelling, T-regs, T-regulatory cells, Todd Rambasek, topstories

Of fish and brain health

By Stephen Ornes / October 26, 2012

People who eat sharks, like the mako shown here, face the risk of ingesting high levels of mercury, a toxic metal linked to health problems. Credit: NOAA

Moms-to-be who eat a diet rich in the right fish may pass along benefits to their children

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, brain, brain development, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, cognition, diet, dietary pollutants, fish, getinvolved, hair, health, human development, lead, mercury, methyl mercury, New Bedford, nutrition, Pollution, pregnancy, Susan Korrick, topstories

Cleaning clothes dirties oceans

By Stephen Ornes / October 5, 2011

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Washing polyester fabrics sends plastics to sea

Posted in Environment & Pollution | Tagged getinvolved, open ocean, Pollution

Swirling seas of plastic trash

By Amanda Rose Martinez / June 22, 2011

The ocean dumps literally tons of plastic trash on Hawaii’s Kamilo Beach each year. Credit: Amanda Rose Martinez

Long-lasting oceanic garbage threatens marine life

Posted in Environment & Pollution | Tagged feature, open ocean, plastic, Pollution

When frog gender flips

By Stephen Ornes / March 23, 2010

With weed killer in the water, some males acquire female traits.

Posted in Environment & Pollution | Tagged atrazine, ecology, male/female, Pollution, testosterone

Where Have All the Bees Gone?

By Jennifer Cutraro / June 4, 2007

More than one-fourth of the honeybees in the United States have disappeared since last fall, and scientists are trying to figure out why.

Posted in Environment & Pollution | Tagged Classification, ecology, Genetic diversity, molecular genetics, Pollination, Pollution