Models may have worked the runways during New York Fashion Week, but couriers did the legwork. The bike messengers dashing around NYC, delivering designer duds to star-studded shows and photo shoots, said the city’s biannual celebration of style, held earlier this month, is their busiest yet most profitable season — and they make up to … Read more
Memorial Sloan Kettering is slated to spend millions of dollars to limit the amount of carcinogenic dust nearby students are exposed to during a massive UES construction project — but parents say the cancer hospital still isn’t doing enough to curb the toxins. Parents like Yasmina Caleo, say the $10 million the hospital has spent … Read more
Exposure to certain pollutants, like fine particles (PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), during pregnancy and childhood is associated with differences in the microstructure of the brain´s white matter, and some of these effects persist throughout adolescence. These are the main conclusions of a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre … Read more
Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper published today in Nature Reviews Cardiology. The article provides an overview of the effects of soil and water pollution on human health and pathology and discusses the prevalence … Read more
Fall has arrived — but the mosquitoes haven’t left. A New York resident who tested positive last week for a rare mosquito-borne illness has died, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday as State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald declared Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) an imminent threat to public health. The unidentified Ulster County patient, the state’s first … Read more
Residents living near Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal will be able to find out within weeks if their building is contaminated with cancer-causing vapors — but only if they can talk their landlord into letting the state come on their property and do tests, The Post has learned. Building owners have the right to bar the … Read more
“When we travel, our baby sleeps in the shower,” lifestyle influencer Chloe Molina begins a now-viral TikTok clip. The 25-year-old mom-of-one quickly followed that up with, “Let me explain,” for all the commenters like me who were like, “HUH?” Mom defends “number one travel hack” “Yes our baby sleeps in a shower but he sleeps in a … Read more
The US is losing its battle against the bulge. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that Americans are heavier than ever before. The CDC defines obesity as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30, and a shocking 20% of Americans meet that criteria, with the Midwest … Read more
Ozone gas is reducing the growth of tropical forests — leaving an estimated 290 million tonnes of carbon uncaptured each year, new research shows. The ozone layer in the stratosphere shields our planet from harmful ultraviolet radiation — and protecting it is one of the major successes of environmental action. But ozone at ground level … Read more
Each additional day of exposure to wildfire smoke and other extreme forms of dirty air boosts risk of mental illness in youth a little more, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study of 10,000 9 to 11 year olds. “We found that a greater number of days with fine particulate air pollution levels … Read more