A subsequent study published in 2019 linked organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, to worsening ...

The brown pelican was nearly driven to extinction by nest failure caused by organochlorine pesticides in the early 1970s, but after the ban of DDT and other harmful pesticides, the pelican began ...

Plastic in the ocean or bodies of water also attracts pollutants like heavy metals and organic contaminants, such as organochlorine pesticides, which are attracted to plastic’s water-repellent surface ...

Organochlorine exposure was not clearly associated with an increased risk of either AD or dementia. A substantial proportion of the cohort reported at the start of the study that they had been ...

Dust from Ground Zero contained high levels of carcinogens and dangerous material including cement dust, glass fibers, ...

The EPA test methods for evaluating solid waste (SW-846) provide a comprehensive source of information on sampling, sample ...

To promote voluntary improvement of management of chemical substances by business operators and to prevent any impediments to the preservation of the environment through the establishment of the ...

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can cause thyroid dysfunction, studies find, that have effects on tissues throughout ...