Environmental Health

Vehicle emissions may contribute to more than 1,800 premature deaths in Australia each year, according to the nation's first assessment of the health impact of traffic-related pollution.

While the health effects of inhaling and consuming microplastics are not yet fully known, we asked a microplastics researcher how they minimise contact with them.

As Australians figure out how to live with so-called "forever chemicals", we've asked leading PFAS experts to help us understand the risks. 

Carp can be seen feeding on a toxic bank of PFOS foam containing heavy metals in the Belubula River, near Mandurama in central west NSW.

The Tasmanian salmon industry is hoping to get approval within weeks to use another antibiotic to treat farmed salmon, as it continues to grapple with an endemic bacterial disease.

I've lived away from South Australia for almost three years now, and coming home to see the algal bloom hit home.

Mapping the vast number of environmental and lifestyle factors that influence our health is an enormous task — but one researchers say could hold the key to better understanding disease development.

The researchers from the University of New South Wales sampled tap water from four catchment sites across Sydney.

A study finds water pollution from sewage discharge is up to 40 times above guidelines in some areas of Greater Sydney's drinking water catchment.

The state government has closed Cowell's Franklin Harbour, one of South Australia's biggest oyster growing regions, as a toxic algal bloom continues to spread in the state's waters.

Wood heaters are estimated to be responsible for more particulate pollution-related deaths than all the cars on our roads. This national map shows which areas are affected the most. 

It was hailed as a success at tackling generational disadvantage, but now a funding cut is forcing the Latrobe Health Assembly to close its doors.

Sewage overflows into Perth's Swan River for the second time in the past month due to a burst main, prompting health warnings for people to avoid a 7-kilometre stretch of water.

Australian scientists are looking for creative ways to stop drug-resistant superbugs in their tracks — and bees could be the solution.

A group of high school students is pushing for change by creating an app prototype that can detect so-called forever chemicals in everyday items. 

Mannus Lake Dam in southern New South Wales was built in the 1980s for fishing. Landholders want it torn down at a cost of $13 million to stop blue-green algae blooms. 

Wild storms push an algal bloom off SA's coast into the Coorong's lagoons, leaving the water "as thick as pea soup" and alarming fishers. 

A Tasmanian scientist says multiple marine events in her state suggests the environment is under stress, and there's a critical need to reduce pollution to alleviate some pressure.

Parts of NSW woke up to a dust storm on Tuesday, with conditions expected to ease throughout the day pending westerly winds.

Thousands of years of First Nations knowledge has been documented to help a community, and those beyond, look after the native environment.