Hiroko Tabuchi

They’re almost everywhere. And they’re bad. But there are some things you can do to avoid them.

There’s a growing understanding of the health threats of PFAS chemicals in what we eat and drink.

Pastures were fertilized with toxic sewage decades ago. Nobody knew, until the cows’ milk was tested.

The agency said Keurig, in its financial filings, had claimed its pods could be “effectively recycled” but didn’t note that two big recycling companies wouldn’t accept them.

The Times dug into the widespread use of sewage sludge as fertilizer, which is sometimes heavily contaminated by “forever chemicals.”

Fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres of farmland for decades. Scientists say it can contain high levels of the toxic substance.

The herbicide, used widely on crops including broccoli and onions, can cause low birth weight and impaired brain development, regulators said.

Un estudio financiado por la NASA encontró que el dióxido de nitrógeno aumenta con el tráfico de los camiones de entrega. Se analizaron los alrededores de unas 150.000 bodegas en EE. UU.

Research showed truck-related releases of nitrogen dioxide, which can cause asthma, concentrated around some 150,000 warehouses nationwide.

Vinyl chloride, used to make things like PVC pipes and packaging, is also toxic and highly flammable, and was at the center of a major train disaster in Ohio last year.