environmental health

McROBERTS, Ky. — Like most coal miners’ loved ones, Liz Williams has endured many days and nights of worry.Throughout the four decades her husband, Michael, worked in…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Family members of three tourists who died while staying at an Airbnb in Mexico City, apparently of carbon monoxide poisoning, urged the short-term rental…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — On the southern edge of New Mexico’s largest city is a Hispanic neighborhood that…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Maureen Lichtveld, University of Pittsburgh(THE…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis jury has ruled that Ford Motor Co. and other companies must pay $6 million to a Missouri family over claims that a woman's death was caused by…

By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer Extreme weather from climate change triggered hunger in nearly 100 million people and increased heat deaths by…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Dirty bombs have long been feared as a potential weapon of terrorists because their main objective is to sow panic, confusion and anxiety by hurling…

BY DREW COSTLEY - AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court Thursday against chemical…

By LISA RATHKE - Associated Press RICHMOND, Vt. (AP) — Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Matt Kasson, West Virginia University(THE CONVERSATION) For…