(Natural News) The Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster continues to cast a long shadow across the Atlantic Ocean. Close to a decade after the ecological disaster, a Florida-based study found that crude oil from the spill has crippled the sense of smell of Atlantic stingrays. Marine animals use their senses to find food and mates, […]

(Natural News) Have you seen the viral video of a sea turtle that had a plastic straw stuck in its nostril? The heartbreaking video sparked a global movement of banning plastic straws and replacing them with eco-friendly, reusable versions such as bamboo or stainless steel drink straws. It may be a step toward the right […]

(Natural News) You may want to reconsider chowing down on the next fish you caught if you spotted plastic trash floating in the body of water. In a Phys.org article, U.K. researchers investigated two separate estuaries and found that one out of every three fish in both areas showed signs of having eaten toxic microplastics. […]

(Natural News) A recent study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology revealed that exposure to pharmaceutical contaminants and pollutants — such as birth-control medication, anti-depressants, and beta blockers — may drive fishes that live downstream from a typical sewage treatment plant to exert more effort on surviving. A team of researchers at McMaster University […]

(Natural News) The topic of fluoride in drinking water has been hotly debated for many years, with one side insisting it is safe while evidence on the other side piles up showing just how wrong that notion is. Now, Children’s Health Defense is trying to spread the word about what exactly your family is ingesting […]

(Natural News) Researchers from the Liverpool John Moores University may have found the world’s first polluted river, reports Sci-News.com. Located in the Wadi Feynan region of southern Jordan, the now-barren riverbed was found to contain traces of anthropogenic copper pollution and was contaminated well over 7,000 years ago. The study, published in the journal Science […]

(Natural News) An article in Green Med Info reported that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is breaking the federal laws it is supposed to enforce. The federal agency has been accused of giving oil and gas companies free reign to use the Gulf of Mexico as a dumping ground for fracking waste. The Center for […]

(Natural News) The problem of plastic pollution in the oceans is no longer a myth, but a reality that is getting increasingly harder to ignore — especially now that the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said that the amount of plastics in the ocean will outweigh the amount of fish in the foreseeable future. In a […]

(Natural News) Mosquitoes and other insects could be carrying an unexpected and completely different type of toxin in their bodies. A new study from the United Kingdom warned that these bugs could turn out to be carriers for microplastic pollution, stated a Scientific American article. The study found that mosquito larvae will swallow tiny bits of […]

(Natural News) Imagine you’re driving down a long, straight road through rural farmland. One either side of you are beautiful green farms. The produce being grown on these farms looks healthy and appears to be thriving. Now picture the land beneath those farms as massive sponges. Like all sponges, put enough liquid in and eventually […]