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Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health

WEBThe global Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides shows clients how to use immersion in nature for healing. “The forest is the therapist,” the group’s …

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How Forest Loss Is Leading To a Rise in Human Disease

WEBA study in Brazil, published in the Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases in 2010, found that clearing four percent of the forest resulted in a nearly 50-percent …

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As Evidence Mounts, New Concerns About Fracking and Health

WEBThe Environmental Health Project, a nonprofit based outside Pittsburgh that advocates for public health in the context of shale-gas impacts, recommends setbacks …

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Are Cell Phones Safe

WEBThe Verdict is Still Out. While some studies have suggested that frequent use of cell phones causes increased risk of brain and mouth cancers, others have found no …

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For Gen Z, Climate Change Is a Heavy Emotional Burden

WEBBritt Wray is a leading researcher on the mental health impact of climate change. In an e360 interview, she talks about the rise of climate anxiety in young …

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The Oil Well Next Door: California’s Silent Health Hazard

WEBA 2020 analysis by FracTracker Alliance, a nonprofit that collects data on the health consequences of oil and gas development, found that some 2.17 million people …

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Ozone Pollution: An Insidious and Growing Threat to Biodiversity

WEBIt’s well established that chronic exposure to high ozone levels is a serious threat to human health, exacerbating heart and lung problems such as asthma and …

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Are Numbers of Species a True Measure of Ecosystem Health

WEBMany local ecosystems — at least as measured by “species richness,” the number of species they contain — appear to be in good health. The most …

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A Warning by Key Researcher On Risks of BPA in Our Lives

WEBThe synthetic chemical, BPA — found in everything from plastic bottles to cash register receipts — is a potent, estrogen-mimicking compound. In an interview with …

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Why Ocean Health Is Better And Worse Than You Think

WEBWhy Ocean Health Is Better And Worse Than You Think. The good news is the world’s oceans have not experienced the extinctions that have occurred on land. But …

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A Blueprint for Restoring the World’s Oceans

WEBA Blueprint for Restoring the World’s Oceans. In her long career as an oceanographer, Sylvia Earle has witnessed the damage that humanity has done to the …

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Toxics in the ‘Clean Rooms’: Are Samsung Workers at Risk

WEBTo experts in health issues relating to high-tech electronics workers, the story emerging from Samsung’s manufacturing plants in South Korea is distressingly familiar: …

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Plastics Reckoning: PVC Is Ubiquitous, But Maybe Not for Long

WEBThe net impact, though, is thought to be huge. A February 2024 study by Leonardo Trasande, an environmental health researcher at New York University, found …

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Getting the Lead Out: Why Battery Recycling Is a Global Health …

WEBThe consequences for human health and the environment are beginning to emerge. A seven-nation study of the continent that Gottesfeld helped compile two years …

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Are Flame Retardants Safe

WEBHealth experts are now calling for more aggressive action to limit these chemicals, including cutting back on highly flammable, petroleum-based materials used …

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What Will It Take to Save Our Cities from a Scorching Future

WEBIn an e360 interview, she talks about why extreme heat is a health crisis and what cities must do to protect the most vulnerable from rising temperatures. The U.N. …

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Human Exposure to BPA Higher Than Earlier Estimates, Study Says

WEBAmericans are exposed to the hormone-disrupting chemical, BPA, at levels eight times higher than those recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection …

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A New Way of Understanding What Makes a River Healthy

WEBBy Jim Robbins • January 4, 2017. The Yellowstone River has its headwaters in the mountain streams and snowy peaks of the famous U.S. national park with the same …

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How Preventing Unwanted Pregnancies Can Help on Climate

WEBThe IPCC’s latest latest report on “Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” (3,675 pages) does not mention contraception or abortion, and it refers to “reproductive …

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Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from Tires

WEBThe report says that tires generate 6 million tons of particles a year, globally, of which 200,000 tons end up in oceans. According to Emissions Analytics, cars in the …

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Mercury’s Silent Toll On the World’s Wildlife

WEBMercury contamination is ubiquitous and hotspots are common around the world, with fish and human hair collected in 14 countries regularly exceeding U.S. …

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Why It’s Time to Stop Punishing Our Soils with Fertilizers

WEBThe soil health movement has been in the news lately, and among its leading proponents is U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researcher Rick Haney. In …

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