UCSD and the Boz Institute worked with high school students from Poway and Chula Vista to research chemicals in the Tijuana River estuary.

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Some 3.6 million Americans are diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma each year, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation.

A coalition of Louisiana environmental groups is suing the state over a law they say violates their free speech rights by ...

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A much-anticipated White House report about childhood diseases has provoked a tug-of-war that’s pitted farmers and some ...

The new Senate majority leader is trying to broker an agreement, but workers held signs saying “No compromise,” “100% smoke ...

The EPA has announced that remedial investigation for the Terry Creek Dredge Spoils/Hercules Outfall Superfund site in ...

A peer-reviewed study has found that 40% of 97 Brunswick natives had higher concentrations of toxicants from two Superfund ...

Research has found that drinking beetroot (beet) juice daily can help lower blood pressure. Here’s why and how you can drink ...

Learn more in The N&O’s higher ed newsletter about key projects state lawmakers seem to agree on funding ahead of budget ...

Tired of cigarette butts littering the landscape, Gulfport’s City Council is expected to vote on a smoking ban Tuesday.