New York City faces a range of environmental challenges to which a successful mayor will need to pay attention.

A Miccosukee tribal elder leads scientists into the Everglades to save both the ecosystem and his tribe’s heritage and ...

Lead poisoning was once thought to largely be a problem of the past, as the globe gradually weaned itself off leaded gasoline ...

Lead poisoning isn’t just an industrial-age problem. A new study reveals our ancestors, including Neanderthals, were exposed ...

It's no surprise to Northeastern food policy expert Darin Detwiler that high levels of lead are being found in both protein powders and bottles of cinnamon.

Lead exposure sounds like a modern problem, at least if you define “modern” the way a paleoanthropologist might: a time that ...

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became. Scientists studying ancient teeth found that early humans, great apes, and even ...

Some protein powders and shakes contain unsafe levels of lead, according to a Consumer Reports investigation​ that analyzed 23 dairy, beef and plant-based protein supplements.

Consumer Reports is urging the FDA to crack down on lead levels in protein supplements in light of the findings.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is trying to shut down Northern Iron, a metal foundry on St. Paul’s East Side, by ...

Plant-based powders, particularly those made with pea protein, were found to have the highest lead levels — and only a ...