Whether it’s a walk in the park, hike in the forest or tending to a backyard garden, there’s ample subjective and scientific evidence that being in nature can have beneficial effects for us, from ...

With the exception of infectious diseases, examination of the environmental causes of illness has been piecemeal. Gary Miller, a toxicologist at Columbia University who also addressed the meeting, ...

When she arrived in Beijing as a new university student, Prof. Yu-Ying He was struck by the contrast to the rural area where she grew up, and especially the amount of pollution in the air, a major ...

My wife has tried to create a beautiful home for our family. Even when she worked full-time as a teacher, she took pains to make sure that our home was clean, well cared-for and beautiful. So it has ...

While genetics and hormones shape a person’s risk for developing breast cancer, researchers have been investigating how environmental exposures — from air pollution to chemicals — may influence the ...

Over the years, we’ve turned research, anecdotes and everyday experiences into a whole constellation of stories about the way we impact our world. Still, some voices may be missing from the ...