public health risks

The risk to children exposed to DDT and hexachlorocyclohexane accumulated in fish is significantly higher than it is for adults

When consumers turn on a faucet, they expect the drinking water that gushes out to be safe

Simple, scalable wireless system uses the RFID tags on billions of products to sense contamination

Use of organophosphates has lessened, but risks to early brain development still too high

Wild monkeys in the Americas are transmitting the Zika virus to humans via mosquitoes

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security authors recommend dedicated attention to and investment in 'potentially transformative' technologies

Researchers can map toxic gas dispersal to help direct evacuations

Discovery illustrates PREDICT project's goal to find viruses before they spillover into people

Some e-cigarette heating coils could be leaking dangerous levels of metals into the aersols inhaled by the user

Analysis reveals some surprising trends in suicide attempts and firearm types