NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have been exposed to high levels of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may face an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study shows. The findings, ...

Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls — chemicals widely used in industry — apparently reduces children's immune response to vaccinations, according to a report. "Pollutants, such as PCBs, may be ...

A team of lawyers and activists is seeking current and former Hartford Public School students and employees to serve as litigants in a lawsuit alleging a link between cancer diagnoses and potential ...

Music, mice, and microscopic imaging combine to provide new insight into the effects of environmental chemicals on hearing loss. Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and ...

Music, mice, and microscopic imaging combine to provide new insight into the effects of environmental chemicals on hearing loss. Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and ...

A Seattle jury awarded $275 million on Thursday to six adults and seven children who alleged they suffered brain damage after being exposed to PCB, or polychlorinated biphenyls, at a school in the ...

We carryied out a meta-analysis of studies on exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Through a systematic search of the literature, we identified relative ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sunlight and PCB exposure can hit you where you least expect it. The combination enhances the development of non-melanoma skin cancer on parts of the body not directly exposed to the ...

Burlington High School is currently closed due to elevated levels of PCB’s. Seen on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Two former Burlington High School educators, along with ...

ALBANY — Attorneys for Monsanto Company filed an emergency motion late last week asking a Missouri judge to let them reopen discovery in a massive pollution contamination case so they can learn more ...