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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is charged with ensuring the safety of meat, poultry, some fish, and processed egg products. In...
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Air quality in the United States has been worsening over the last three years — and it’s killing people. While air quality had been improving since 2009, the trend reversed in 2016. Nearly 10,000...
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When Americans picture the steel mills of Pittsburgh or industrial parts of New Jersey, images of white and grey plumes of smoke come to mind. But no matter how bad the smog can get in a U.S. city,...
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Research shows that a lack of sleep is a significant factor in the occurrence of heart disease among low-income people.
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The unhealthiest state in the union, according to statistics compiled by LetsGetChecked, a home health and wellness testing site, is West Virginia. The healthiest state by the same metrics is Utah....
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Two new studies that will be reported later this week suggest a link between using e-cigarettes and reduced heart health.
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The ground beneath our feet is as important to human health as clean air and pure water. The soil is where nearly all the food people consume comes from, making healthy soil the foundation of a...
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The Environmental Protection Agency created the Superfund program in 1980 to clean up some of the nation’s most contaminated land and respond to environmental emergencies, oil spills, and natural...
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Food recalls have become very common. So far in 2019, almost every other day a new item is listed on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recalls, market withdrawals, and safety alerts page....
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Down syndrome, a condition that affects 1 in 700 babies born each year in the United States, and more than 300,000 children, teens and adults who live with it daily, is often misunderstood. Among the...
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If seeing “raised without the use of antibiotics” on your meat labels gives you some comfort about what you’re putting into your body, your fears may be misguided. The USDA tests meat, dairy,...
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In the United States, life expectancy among men is approximately five years shorter than among women. There are a number of potential biological, environmental, and behavioral reasons for the...
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