That plastic wrap you find around the food you eat is far from benign: A new study shows that more than 3,600 chemicals leach into food during the packaging process. Of that number, 79 chemicals are ...

Toxic chemicals designed to prevent household objects from catching fire can be rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream via the skin. These flame-retardant chemicals, such as polybrominated diphenyl ...

More than 3,600 chemicals that leach into food during the manufacturing, processing, packaging and storage of the world’s food supply end up in the human body — and some are connected to serious ...

From the 1960s to the 1980s, the use of lead in fuel, paints, and pipes caused widespread contamination. It is estimated that 170 million Americans alive today were exposed to high lead levels as ...

A recent public health study found a positive link between exposure to common airborne pollutants and the occurrence of ...

Materials that are in contact with food contain chemical substances that can migrate into food products and subsequently into the human body. Several of these substances have been studied, and the ...

Chang He received funding from the AXA Research Fund. From pesticides in our food to hormone disruptors in our kitchen pans, modern life is saturated with chemicals, exposing us to unknown long-term ...

Physiologically based pharmacokinetics (PBPK), as the name implies, is a special branch of pharmacokinetics where physiology and anatomy of the animal or human body, as well as the biochemistry of the ...

They’re sticking it to the man-made chemicals. PFAS — synthetic substances that persist in the environment and human body — have been likened to “slow poisons” that may increase the risk of certain ...

They’re in your household products, your beer — and even your drinking water. Luckily, a recent study has found a way to rid your body of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — commonly known as ...

Rosie is a freelance writer living in London. She has covered everything from ancient Egyptian temples to exciting medical breakthroughs, but she particularly enjoys writing about wildlife, ...