North Carolina has secured $455 million in payments from Chemours, DuPont and Corteva over PFAS pollution, along with a separate $135 million reserve intended to protect future drinking water and cleanup work.

Wildfires across Borneo and Sumatra are raising health risks for local populations, with some health offices reporting rising rates of respiratory disease.

Environmental quality is a personal health issue. And it should shape how physicians, communities, and policymakers respond.

A Chamonix local official says his town urgently needs to prepare for the dangers of falling chunks of glacier or rock.

Thousands of water systems nationwide still have not accounted for potentially dangerous lead pipes supplying homes and businesses with drinking water.

The chemical, found in dozens of popular sunscreens, can potentially act as an endocrine disruptor.

An ambitious bill to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off California produce lost its teeth after the chemical and agricultural industries spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying against it.

We tested 21 popular kids' snacks and discovered some options parents may want to limit, and some options that are lower in harmful chemicals than others.

Simply owning an air conditioner isn’t enough for residents who can’t afford to use them.

Mercury is a heavy metal used in illegal gold mining, a violent, highly profitable illicit activity that is currently booming.

The number of victims receiving aid has tripled in recent years, a Post analysis finds, as the illness’s toll becomes more apparent.

Since China banned the import of plastic waste in 2018, plastic pollution has had a growing impact on the people and ecosystems of Latin America.

Appeals court dismisses lawsuit from Jackson residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their rights.

Floods, droughts, and extreme heat can disrupt nutrition and healthcare in early life, with consequences that may last for years.

This summer's weather has been a vivid reminder that climate disruption is bringing cycles of dry spells, high heat and heavy rains to the Chicago region.

We need the North Carolina General Assembly to step up and protect their constituents as the EPA rolls out its stated plans to eliminate nationwide drinking water standards for PFAS, a known human health risk.

Pesticide manufacturers have voluntarily canceled registrations for products containing paraquat in California — kicking off a statewide phase-out of the controversial herbicide.

As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role, and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow cleanup of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule making it mandatory for companies to notify the agency about new chemical ingredients they determined are safe for use in food.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hasn’t reevaluated Omaha, Nebraska, Superfund cleanup rules in 17 years, despite evidence that low lead exposure harms children and adults.