Some 54 years since a long-range navigation station on Cocos Island was shut down, polychlorinated biphenyls and other chemical contaminants are still detected in the waters and fish around the island ...

Comparative temporal trend studies of ΣDDT and PCB on the Baltic pollution, using matrices from Baltic biota and dated lamina from sediment cores in anoxic sediment areas of the Baltic (no ...

DDT and PCBs were estimated to be seven times and 40 times more abundant, respectively, in coastal condors than inland condors. The contaminant TCPM was abundant in coastal condors, but completely ...

The state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) finally released its health advisory and safe eating guidelines for fish caught from coastal areas from Ventura Harbor south to the ...

Just 10 miles off the coast of Los Angeles lurks an environmental disaster over 70 years in the making, which few have ever heard about. That is, until now, thanks to the research of a University of ...

A study of more than 1 million pregnancies in Finland reports that elevated levels of a metabolite of the banned insecticide DDT in the blood of pregnant women are linked to increased risk for autism ...

To the editor: I knew that thousands of barrels likely containing DDT had been casually dumped off the coast of California and Catalina Island decades ago, and it still shocks and appalls me. But to ...

The results of a national birth cohort study published today provide the first biomarker evidence that the insecticide, DDT, increases the risk of autism for the first time in history. Image Credit: ...

Mothers with high levels of the pesticide DDT in their blood during pregnancy are more likely to bear children who develop autism, according to a study of blood samples from more than one million ...

image: A new study has found contaminants, banned decades ago, are still imperiling critically endangered California condors. The condors may be at increased risk for reproductive impairment because ...