Residents, experts, elected officials and journalists convened in Channelview, Texas, last week to discuss a large and underappreciated source of air pollution.

Health care coverage should be a right, not a privilege, most Americans say … Newer groundwater sources may raise Parkinson’s ...

Over a decade, an average of seven U.S. workers a day suffered workplace accidents that caused or led to amputations. Those ...

Eighty-four percent of Americans are worried about being exposed to potentially harmful chemicals in their food, water and consumer products and want the government to help protect them, a new poll ...

Attendees gathered February 19 in the Houston-area Highlands community, home to a notorious toxic waste site. They wanted to know why a state agency refused to provide details on high cancer rates in ...

“Howard is a remarkable journalist I’ve known for 15 years,” said PHW executive director and founder Jim Morris. “He helped get this organization started when it was little more than an intriguing ...

Being exposed to environmental poisons such as air pollution and lead can harm cognitive health. New research finds people exposed to the contaminants may have higher risks for dementia and problems ...

Despite a downpour, nearly every seat in the board room of an office building in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake was occupied on the morning of January 21. Seated at a conference table littered with ...

A January vote to begin preliminary engineering and design work jump-started the controversial “Ike Dike” project, meant to protect against increasingly fierce hurricanes. But not everyone is ...