How Air Pollution Damages the Brain

The new science of "exposomics" shows how air pollution contributes to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, bipolar disorder and other brain diseases ... Read More

Earth Day: How a senator’s idea more than 50 years ago got people fighting for their planet

A history of the movement by EarthDay.org, where Hayes remains board chair emeritus, says the date of the first Earth Day — April 22, 1970 — was chosen because it fell on a weekday between spring ... Read More

Earth Day 2024: We have a triple threat of environmental challenges. Here’s what we can do.

This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Earth Day 2024: We have a triple threat of environmental challenges. Here’s what we can do. Read More

Only seven countries in the world breathe safe air. Three of them are in Europe

The World Air Quality Report, released this week, draws on data from more than ... to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. These microscopic particles, measuring less than 2.5 microns ... Read More

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As the world’s ... the Children works in more than 100 countries, including the United States. When crisis strikes and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the ... Read More

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April 17 (UPI) -- A United Nations Population Fund report Wednesday said disparities in worldwide reproductive and sexual health ... in the world, if the legislation becomes law. U.S. News ... Read More

Opinion: The decline in American life expectancy harms more than our health

American life expectancy started dropping even before the pandemic. It’s a critical barometer of our nation’s health and a sign that all is not well in the U.S. After decades of increasing longevity, ... Read More

International Literacy Day

[1] The world's children deserve better. This International Literacy Day, join Save the Children as we ensure that children around the world have the opportunity to learn, read and thrive. At-home ... Read More

The world wastes more than 1 billion meals every day as hundreds of millions go hungry, UN report finds

More than 1 billion meals are wasted across the world each day while nearly 800 million people ... This is on top of the 13% of the world’s food lost as it makes its journey from farm to fork. Read More

90% of some of the world's traditional wine regions could be gone in decades. It's part of a larger problem.

Some of the world's traditional wine ... their grapes grow more unfruitful due to climate change. By the end of the century — just 76 years — they found roughly 90% of these specific regions ... Read More

Climate change more about what's wasted than what's used, author says

Edward Humes says transportation needs to be addressed to save the world. Edward Humes illuminates the fate of the world's daily ... ABC NEWS LIVE: You write that there are various health effects ... Read More