Concentrations of a forever chemical known as TFA is increasing in rainwater, drinking water, soil and plants.

Microplastics have already found their way into every environment on our planet, but contamination from this pollution is expected to get increasingly worse. Microplastic pollution could more than ...

Julissa Hernandez was at work when she saw the news, in 2024, that a young mother, Chianti Means, had jumped to her death at ...

Plastic waste is no longer just an eyesore floating on the surface of rivers and seas. A growing body of research now shows that it is reshaping the chemistry and biology of water itself, creating ...

This cross-sectional study of 300 school-aged girls in Tehran found that higher air pollution exposure was consistently ...

Duarte Pita Dias is based in CBS News' London bureau, where he works across digital platforms and for TV broadcasts. Senior Coordinating Producer of Climate and Environmental Coverage Tracy J. Wholf ...

Microscopic airborne particles known as PM2.5 contribute to 100,000 premature deaths in the United States each year. A new ...

A Federal Court of Appeal ruling affirms the federal government’s authority under CEPA to regulate plastic pollution.

When I worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in the 2010s as an Obama administration appointee, I helped write and ...

A new study suggests that early-life exposure to two widespread environmental pollutants -- small particle air pollution and outdoor artificial light at night -- could increase the risk of pediatric ...