To protect astronauts from cancer-causing radiation in space, NASA should proceed with proposals to set a universal career-long radiation dose limit of ~600 millisieverts (mSv), says a new report from ...

Microbial contaminants like airborne bacteria and fungi can make up more than a third of indoor air pollution. Yet, while many countries regulate chemical pollutants, most have no legally binding ...

Every day, employees in sterilization plants, medical supply warehouses, and industrial facilities inhale a chemical that could quietly kill them. Ethylene oxide (EtO) is used to sterilize about 20 ...

Scientists have found that a worker's lifetime exposure to "permissible" levels of silica dust results in a considerable risk of developing silicosis. New research led by Imperial College London has ...

A research team from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has developed a diagnostic test based on biomarkers for ...