The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed weakening air pollution limits for a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment.

(CNN) — California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that bans the use of red dye No. 40 and five other chemicals from use in foods served at public schools. On Saturday, September 28, ...

Plastic pollution is a menace worldwide. Plastics are now found in every environment on the planet, from the deepest seas to the atmosphere and human bodies. Strategies to achieve this goal include ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two chemicals used in dry cleaning and linked to cancer have now been banned by the Environmental Protection Agency. (Getty Images ...

More than 3,600 chemicals that leach into food during the manufacturing, processing, packaging and storage of the world’s food supply end up in the human body — and some are connected to serious ...

(Westend61/Westend61/Getty Images) A new study has discovered dozens of potentially harmful chemicals in widely used hair extension products, raising serious concerns around their safety and ...

Chemical engineers develop problem-solving skills, with a strong foundation in science, engineering, and mathematics that touch every aspect of our lives–from smaller, faster computer chips to ...