Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said they plan to study ...

HHS and EPA announce a joint effort to tackle microplastics and pharmaceuticals in the nation's water supply, citing a ...

At the briefing, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the joint action a “turning point,” celebrating how the EPA ...

There is public concern about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The ...

The deadline for the public comment period described in this Forefront article was extended by the EPA from September 15 to September 22. The text has been updated below. We argue below that ignoring ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. When the Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970, its ...

Air pollution from industrial facilities is a major source of ill health for people, especially the poor and working class who are forced to live in their vicinity. A prime example is what is known as ...

Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution ...

As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, the costs are adding up. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Doug Weir, with the Conflict and War Observatory, about impacts to human health and the environment.