The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...

Exposure to air pollution may directly increase your risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that ...

Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study. The paper, published Wednesday in the journal ...

Clean air laws have led to a significant reduction in long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution across much of the ...

As dementia cases continue to rise in the United States, new research from the University of Michigan School of Public Health reveals that older Americans with cumulative lead exposure face a ...

Chen said the EPA rescinding the endangerment finding is "very concerning" because "the scientific evidence has not become ...

Do you spend at least one day per week working from home and one day per week in the office? We are recruiting participants for a study on environmental exposures and worker well-being when working at ...

Family Health Centers, Inc. in Louisville is partnering with Vanderbilt University on a long-term study that will identify environmental cancer risks in the South. The study involves a survey and asks ...

Cancer occurs when genetic changes disrupt normal cell functions. These genetic mutations can be inherited; they can happen spontaneously when cells make copies of themselves; or they can be caused by ...

Researchers warn of potentially toxic elements in bananas grown in the Mariana disaster region of Brazil, where the Fundão dam broke in 2015. According to the results, this fruit, as well as cassava ...

A simple silicone wristband could bring important findings to continued cancer research in Louisville and beyond. The Southern Environmental Health Study is a project that combines the efforts of ...