A study of 899 gun homicides in the Chicago area found that deaths on greener streets were less likely to be shootings. But in the poorest neighborhoods, being near a park pointed the other way.
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A study of 899 gun homicides in the Chicago area found that deaths on greener streets were less likely to be shootings. But in the poorest neighborhoods, being near a park pointed the other way.

Plant more trees, build more parks, and violence goes down. It is one of the more hopeful ideas in public health. Researchers at Ohio State University wanted to know whether…

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Scientists found that a plastic chemical sold as the safer replacement for phthalates showed up in over half of pregnant women and was linked to smaller babies

Scientists found that a plastic chemical sold as the safer replacement for phthalates showed up in over half of pregnant women and was linked to smaller babies

In 2002, a new plastic softener called DINCH went on sale as the answer to a growing health scare. Phthalates, the chemicals that make plastic soft and bendy, had been…

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