Category: Environment

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Of the top five countries in the world most at risk to disasters, three are Pacific Island nations. Yet time and time again, Pacific Islanders exhibit marked abilities to quickly recover.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CINCINNATI — A new study suggests that significant early childhood exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is associated with structural changes in the brain at the age of 12.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When Donald Trump made good on his anti-environmental campaign promises within a year of taking office, no one was surprised.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Polystyrene persists in the environment for millennia, according to some international governmental agencies. This estimate is based on the amount of time required for microbes to break down the plastic.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — For years, scientists have used cells grown in petri dishes to study the metabolic processes that fuel the immune system.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2019 — Today, the National Audubon Society announced a groundbreaking climate report, Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Another casualty of climate change will likely be shoreline recreational fishing, according to new research from North Carolina State University and Oregon State University.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A new study is the first to report evidence that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin may lessen the adverse effects of air pollution exposure on lung function.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For generations, people have used chlorine bleach to clean and disinfect their homes.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ITHACA, N.Y. –  U.S. cities could see a decline in mortality rates and an improved economy through midcentury if federal and local governments maintain stringent air pollution policies and diminish concentrations of diesel freight truck exhaust

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Many people are trying to reduce their plastic use, but some tea manufacturers are moving in the opposite direction: replacing traditional paper teabags with plastic ones.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Scientific evidence proves that poor air quality affects health, and Long Beach, California residents should be concerned.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Now that school is back in session, those big yellow diesel-fueled school buses are all over the roads again.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Some certainly do consider it science fiction, or worry that it could end up doing more environmental harm than good.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Long-term exposure to air pollution was linked to increases in emphysema between 2000 and 2018

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Beachgoers are becoming increasingly aware of the potentially harmful effects UV filters from sunscreens can have on coral and other marine organisms when the protective lotions wash off their bodies into the ocean.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A garden doesn’t need a lot of flowers. Or a lot of vegetables. One kind of garden doesn’t require a lot of anything. In fact, the less, the better. We’re talking about a Zen garden.

(HealthNewsDgest.com) – PHILADELPHIA  – It is well understood that urban black males are at a disproportionately high risk of poor health outcomes. But little is known about how the neighborhood environments where these men live contribute to their health.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Energy is consumed where people gather. This little nugget shouldn’t come as a shocking revelation. You already knew it.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hundreds of sharks and rays have become tangled in plastic waste in the world’s oceans, new research shows.