Human environmental safety is a multidisciplinary topic concerned with assessing and managing risks to human health arising from environmental exposures to chemical, physical, and biological agents. It encompasses hazard identification, dose–response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization, integrating toxicology, epidemiology, environmental chemistry, and exposure science. The field informs regulatory thresholds, safety factors, and environmental quality standards aimed at preventing adverse outcomes such as carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, neurotoxicity, and respiratory disorders. Human environmental safety also includes evaluation of cumulative and aggregate exposures, susceptible populations, and uncertainty analysis to guide risk management, sustainable chemical use, and environmental health policy.
In the fishing villages along Lake Kariba in northern Zimbabwe, near the border with Zambia, everyday routines that should be ordinary—like collecting water, walking to the fields or casting a fishing net—now carry a ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 14, 2026
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The U.S. boasts more than 4 million miles of rivers, peppered with laws and regulations to protect access to drinking water and essential habitat for fish and wildlife. But in the first comprehensive review of river protection, ...
Environment
Jan 9, 2026
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When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as "once-in-a-century," and heat waves as "record-breaking." While these descriptors may be technically ...
Scientists specializing in soil geochemistry, environmental engineering, and health affiliated with the University of São Paulo (USP) and the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) in Brazil and the University of Santiago ...
Environment
Dec 19, 2025
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A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled an integrated air pollution analysis framework that enables more precise assessment of exposure risks from carcinogenic air pollutants commonly emitted from industrial complexes. ...
Environment
Dec 18, 2025
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Water is a vital resource. Life on Earth, as we know it, is impossible without access to safe drinking water. Concerns over declining quality and consistency of municipal drinking water supplied to consumers have been increasing ...
Environment
Dec 17, 2025
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Dams in the United States may be in worse condition than previously understood. More than 16,700 dams across the country are classified as high hazard potential as of 2024, according to the Association of State Dam Safety ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2025
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Putting solar panels above agricultural crops may do more than produce food and clean energy on the same land: It can also significantly augment quality of life for farmworkers, according to new research to be presented at ...
Biotechnology
Dec 15, 2025
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A subtle change in how climate risk is communicated—mentioning a person's local area—can significantly increase attention to disaster preparedness messages, according to a new study by researchers at the Stockholm School ...
Environment
Dec 8, 2025
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A University of Michigan study has found that people in Ghana and across the Global South who recycle electronic waste face a difficult paradox: earning livelihoods to ensure survival comes at the cost of severe long-term ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2025
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