Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Navy agrees to pay for study of health effects of past toxic water on Marines at Camp Lejeune. The Navy has agreed after months of fighting to fund a study into the health effects of past water pollution at Camp Lejeune on Marines.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Living near farms that use the weed killer atrazine may up the risk of a rare birth defect, according to a study presented this past Friday at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Chicago.

China is investigating claims that children's jewellery exported to the United States contained a highly toxic metal used to make batteries and plastics, state media reported Thursday.

China is investigating claims that children's jewellery exported to the United States contained a highly toxic metal used to make batteries and plastics, state media reported Thursday.

DOMINICA: Gov't grants company 10-year license to export billions of gallons of drinking water

US agency to take new look at possible health ills from bombing range on Vieques island. A U.S. agency has overturned its 2003 research that said no health hazards were caused by decades of military exercises on Vieques, a bombing range-turned-tourist destination off Puerto Rico's east coast.

A U.S. agency has overturned its 2003 research that said no health hazards were caused by decades of military exercises on Vieques, a bombing range-turned-tourist destination off Puerto Rico's east coast.

Swine flu swindles: Internet scams offer shampoo, germ-zapping spray, fake Tamiflu. Air "sterilizers." A photon machine. Supplement pills to boost the immune system. Protective shampoos and face masks. Even fake Tamiflu.

Swine flu swindles: Internet scams offer shampoo, germ-zapping spray, fake Tamiflu. Air "sterilizers." A photon machine. Supplement pills to boost the immune system. Protective shampoos and face masks. Even fake Tamiflu. These and other products making bogus claims to prevent or treat swine flu are flooding the Internet as scam artists prey on the public's fears while the vaccine is delayed and real Tamiflu is rationed.

Air "sterilizers." A photon machine. Supplement pills to boost the immune system. Protective shampoos and face masks. Even fake Tamiflu.

Former Marine becomes face of new battle over toxins on Puerto Rico's Vieques island. The headaches began just after Hermogenes Marrero arrived on Vieques, the small Puerto Rican island where the young U.S. Marine guarded stores of Cold War-era chemical weapons.

The headaches began just after Hermogenes Marrero arrived on Vieques, the small Puerto Rican island where the young U.S. Marine guarded stores of Cold War-era chemical weapons.

The headaches began just after Hermogenes Marrero arrived on Vieques, the small Puerto Rican island where the young U.S. Marine guarded stores of Cold War-era chemical weapons.

1st trial over FEMA trailer fumes opens in La. federal court; lawyers cite different standards. For the first time since Hurricane Katrina left tens of thousands of families living in FEMA trailers, a federal jury heard allegations Monday that the government-issued shelters exposed Gulf Coast storm victims to hazardous formaldehyde fumes.

US to review contested study that found no adverse effects of military exercises in Vieques. U.S. authorities have begun a review of a five-year study that found no ill effects caused by decades of military exercises on the tiny island of Vieques.

Supreme Court refuses to hear Marine's lawsuit over toxic chemicals in Camp Lejeune water. The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a Marine's lawsuit blaming the government's dumping of toxic chemicals at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for his son's illnesses.

New CDC chief, likely to trade in sticks for carrots; will have less power than in NYC role. Dr. Thomas Frieden has swung a big stick as New York City's top health official, pushing through bans on smoking and artery-clogging trans fats.