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.
More than 99% of the world's 7.7 billion people have one or more of their environmental rights threatened, according to new research.
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On January 14, 2004, the United States announced a new "Vision for Space Exploration," promising that humans would not only visit space but live there. Two decades later, NASA's Artemis program is preparing to return astronauts ...
Space Exploration
Nov 3, 2025
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Every product we touch has a footprint. A phone, a fridge, a hospital syringe. Each begins and ends in the same place: the planet's resources.
Environment
Nov 2, 2025
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Historically underserved and socially vulnerable communities, including Black, Asian, and other minority populations, are disproportionately exposed to Superfund sites—places where contamination poses significant risks to ...
Environment
Oct 27, 2025
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In a recent study published in the journal Biogeosciences, scientists have confirmed that mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is contaminating food crops not through the soil, as previously ...
Ecology
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Dogs aren't just our best friends, they're also key allies in the fight against terrorism. Thousands of teams of explosive detection dogs and their handlers work 24/7 at airports, transit systems, cargo facilities, and public ...
Plants & Animals
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Lead is a neurotoxin that can damage multiple body systems and lead to learning and developmental problems. The element has been phased out of use in paint, gasoline, and other industrial applications for decades, but it ...
Environment
Oct 15, 2025
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After years of trying to understand the minds of people who hurt others, I have recently turned my attention as a criminal psychologist from violent crimes to the less well-known world of green crime.
Environment
Oct 15, 2025
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In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was to make disaster-risk reduction part of everyday thinking worldwide.
Environment
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Researchers from the UAB and the UB are working with Indigenous Amazonian communities to understand health issues from a holistic perspective, including people, wildlife and the ecosystem.
Environment
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