An Illinois jury has awarded a woman $363 million following a trial over allegations exposure to Sterigenics ethylene oxide leaks caused her to develop breast cancer.
The first Sterigenics lawsuit over ethylene oxide releases has begun in an Illinois court.
The EPA says it soon plans to introduce new air pollution regulations for ethylene oxide, a toxic chemical used in the sterilization of medical equipment.
A new study links thousands of deaths in Massachusetts to air pollution.
The CDC has proposed new draft guidelines on how to identify cancer clusters, which would no longer base investigations off whether the clusters were statistically significant numbers of the population.
A new report links pollution to nine million deaths worldwide every year.
A new interactive map warns that millions of Americans and thousands of schools and communities live within the so-called "threat radius" of oil and gas wells, where they face a…
A new report reveals nearly half of the country lives in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution.
A new study links living near hydraulic fracturing site may increase a woman's chance of giving birth preterm or having a baby with low birth weight, Canadian researchers warn.
A new study links air pollution exposure to an increased risk of autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.