Agent Orange: A Chapter from History That Just Won’t End

by Ben Quick

The lethality of the fog that settled on South Vietnam, like so many war costs, would remain hidden.

The Dirt on Germs

by Katherine Ashenburg

The friendly side of bacteria...

The Rabies Principle

by Sandra Steingraber

Why there is no number for the Cancer Prevention Hotline in the front of the phone book.

Safe Routes to School

by Brian Fellows, Tempe, Arizona

The Safe Routes to School Program creates many strategies to grow healthier kids and communities.

Medicine After Oil

by Daniel Bednarz

The good news about peak oil: it may be the key to fixing our health care system

Burgers à la Thomas Jefferson

An interview with Tod Murphy

A Vermont diner embodies one farmer's faith in the nexus of food, democracy, and community.

A Place-Based Malady

by Gregg Mitman

In the battle to breathe easy, the allergies seem to be winning.

Beyond the Patient

by Lee Thirer

Not just individuals but our entire society is sick.

Fahrenheit 59

by Audrey Schulman

Can a child's fever point toward a prescription for our troubled planet?

The Perfect Predator

by Sonia Shah

A mosquito, a parasite, and the misguided ethos that allowed both to prosper.

Further Reading on Bacteria

Tackling Malaria

A resource list for people wanting to know more about malaria.

The Germs of Life

by Lynn Margulis and Emily Case

The Pirates of Illiopolis

by Sandra Steingraber

Floral-patterned kitchen floor kills five, terrorizes Illinois town, and threatens national security. (Yes, it's true.)

Jeremiad for Belarus

text and photograph by Hope Burwell

Revisiting the accident that could "never happen here". Eighteen years after the Chernobyl disaster, radiation continues its deadly work.

Tracking Toxics

by BILL SHERWONIT

The American military has left behind a trail of barrel dumps, illness, and death in the nation's last frontier, but a tiny group of Alaskans is righting the wrongs.

Designer Genes

by Bill McKibben

Will the Age of Genetics forever change what it means to be human?

A Body Politic

by Tabitha Thompson

Lupus is a disease in which the body, locked in mortal combat with itself, becomes the invader of healthy tissue.

The New Economy of Nature

by Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison

The labor of nature has always been thought of as free. But a new economy that values natural systems is beginning to take shape.

Microbial Migrations

by Hilary French and Brian Halweil

Two million people cross a national boundary every day, and with them travel food, insects, and the bacteria that cause diseases like foot and mouth. So what can we do about it?