Feeling sick? The house or office may be to blame. Although the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) links 150 commonly used household chemicals to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological disorders, the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations exempts manufacturers from full labeling of products used for personal, family or household care.

The GreenNest.com was recently launched to provide education about toxins in indoor air, drinking water, personal care, pet care, baby and cleaning products, along with resources to help consumers make their homes safer

Doctors fear overcrowding and septic water contamination could lead to a rash of illness among survivors of a landslide that swept away their Maya Indian village this month.

Thousands of people from Panabaj are crammed into churches and houses in the nearby village of Santiago and other towns, while the government races to build temporary housing

Both Democratic and Republican Senators are accusing the Bush administration of downplaying the health hazards of the toxic conditions left by Hurricane Katrina.

While Environmental Protection Agency officials warn of serious health hazards from bacteria, chemicals and metals in the region's floodwaters and sediment, they haven't weighed-in on New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's push to reopen the city

A study published in the the British Medical Journal finds left-handed women are more than twice as likely to develop pre-menopausal breast cancer as non-left-handed women.

The report details how a team of researchers based in the Netherlands looked into women who were left-handed and took 12,000 healthy, middle-aged women who were born between 1932 and 1941 and compared body measurements as well as assessing risk factors such as economic status, smoking habits, and family history of breast cancer and their reproductive background

New research shows men who consume 35 or more alcoholic drinks per week are 45 percent more likely to experience atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm problem, than those who consume less than one drink per week.

Researchers say the same is probably true in women, but no firm conclusions could be reached because there weren't enough women classified as heavy drinkers in the study