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Environmental Health Sciences is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to good science. We produce award-winning independent journalism through our newsroom for EHN (Environmental Health News), EHN en Español, and Daily Climate. We also specialize in solution-driven programs, such as HEEDS (Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disrupters Strategies) and Agents of Change.

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Science

Advocating for Evidence-Based Public Health Policies Built on High-Quality Science

We believe that high quality science should be the foundation of public health policy

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Journalism

Fostering Objective Science and Journalism to Empower Informed Public Health Choices

We are convinced that science and journalism can objectively shape public discussion and activate people to make healthy, informed choices about their health and wellbeing.

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Solutions

Progress: Beyond Scientific Discovery – The Role of Journalism, Advocacy, and Politics

Progress is never a result of scientific discovery alone; it requires other forces: crusading journalism, advocacy, politics.

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Our Work

Environmental Health Sciences is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to good science. We produce award-winning independent journalism through our newsroom for EHN (Environmental Health News), EHN en Español, and Daily Climate. We also specialize in solution-driven programs, such as HEEDS (Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disrupters Strategies) and Agents of Change.

May 15, 2025

EHN Originals

Op-ed: To curb chronic disease in Americans, the FDA needs to assert regulatory control over toxic chemicals in our food

Editor’s note: This op-ed was written by Frederick vom Saal and 15 co-authors. The full […]
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May 14, 2025

EHN Originals

Opinion: Investors should address the risk from undisclosed hazardous chemicals in investment portfolios

In February 2025, consumers reacted to reports that toxic flame retardant chemicals had been found […]
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May 8, 2025

EHN Originals

Another PFAS-containing pesticide headed for US registration

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in The New Lede, a journalism project of […]
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March 20, 2017

The Summer of Resistance Is Coming to a City Near You

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March 17, 2015

8 Photos Take You Inside the Movement to Save the Amazon

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September 22, 2019

Study: Bird populations plummeting in US and Canada

Bird populations in the United States and Canada have dropped by almost three billion since […]
September 22, 2019

How science has done women wrong

Why women still aren’t equally represented in science, both as researchers, and in science done […]
September 22, 2019

What rising temperatures in the Gulf of Maine mean for the state’s lobster industry

The Gulf of Maine is known for lobsters, which form the foundation of an industry […]

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