STAR Studies For 'Non-Chemical' Stressors

EPA is providing $7 million in grant funding to study the combined effects of chemical and non-chemical stressors -- such as anxiety, poor nutrition and other health factors not usually subject to agency oversight -- on communities that are exposed to pollution, the first time the agency has funded such studies, which many hope could begin to answer long-standing questions about the risks faced by many poor and minority communities. The agency announced that it has provided six Science to...