New research has shown that water from US fracking sites had levels of chemicals able to influence estrogens and androgens hormones. The study, published on Endocrinology,...
Air pollution from China’s coal plants was responsible for over 250,000 premature deaths in 2011, while also harming hundreds of thousands of Chinese children, according to...
China is inadequately prepared in the fight against the impacts of climate change because of a lack of planning and public awareness, the government admitted on...
You may have already seen (and grimaced/laughed at) Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Movember efforts. As men worldwide prepare to part with their prized moustaches, Adam Garone –...
It’s that time of year again, when usually respectable men stop shaving their upper lip for a month for Movember. In most cases, what usually appears...
An unnamed eight-year-old girl has become the youngest person in China to be diagnosed with lung cancer, with her doctor saying that air pollution is to...
A Dutch artist has designed a system that he says could solve China’s air pollution problem, using what is essentially a giant static vacuum cleaner. Daan...
The health risks of smoking are well-documented in the western world. It is a potentially deadly habit, dangerous not just to smokers but the people around...
A sneering phrase has entered into the lexicon of National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW). First coined by the Investors Chronicle in 2012, it was this weekend...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified outdoor air pollution as the most widespread environmental carcinogen. The IARC – a World Health Organisation...
As many as 9 out of 10 of people living in European cities are breathing air that is so polluted that it can shorten their life...
“The human race will be the cancer of the planet.” Julian Huxley, attributed
The NHS has to change. Everyone says so but no one says from what to what or how. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says the NHS must change and...
Air pollution from traffic exhaust fumes can cause lung cancer and heart failure, according to two reports published on Tuesday. Levels of pollution lower than those...
It was 56 years ago today that a 25-year Medical Research Council study confirmed that smoking caused cancer. Tobacco firms rejected the assertion as a ‘matter...