chemicals

Fragranced laundry products and air fresheners emit dozens of different chemicals, including some regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal law, according to a new study.

Womb chemicals of overweight mothers raise the risk of their baby being obese, research suggests.

People vulnerable to cancer may have subtle differences in cell chemicals that could be detected.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will quit selling at year's end - and the government is urging patients not to wait until the last minute to switch to newer alternatives....

Substances that we use everyday are turning up in our lakes, rivers and ocean, where they can impact aquatic life and possibly ourselves.

At a press conference at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, a panel of researchers will discuss how these chemicals are affecting aquatic environments and may be coming back to haunt us in unanticipated ways.