Chemicals & Chemistry

Increased awareness about using a highly technical process called hydraulic fracturing to recover natural gas trapped deep within the Marcellus shale has created questions about related human-health and environmental impacts.

Sometimes it's good to recognize your limitations. For example, I could describe how DNA works, or how to make crystal meth, poison your neighbor or blow stuff up. I won't, but I could. And I'd know what I was talking about.

Year in and year out, agricultural pesticides have been the subject of considerable fear-mongering, leaving the typical consumer with the impression that these chemicals taint much of our food supply and are harmful to human health.

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New York, NY -- January 14, 2008. When it comes to health issues, who should you trust to give you the truth: celebr

A class of brominated flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) are under assault from environmental activists and regulators both in the United States and overseas.

Assessing the Safety of the Chemical PFOA Project Coordinator: Rivka Weiser Editor: Gilbert L. Ross, M.D.

If you are interested in a chemical-free holiday dinner, you are out of luck.