Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The research , conducted by researchers at Chatham University and Three Rivers Waterkeeper, a nonprofit clean water advocacy group, focused on Clairton and Homewood two neighborhoods identified as environmental justice communities by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Environmental Health News’ series “BPA’s Evil Cousin” — which investigated the ubiquitous, unregulated toxic compound BADGE — won second place in the Outstanding Explanatory Reporting category for small market newsrooms in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual awards. See all of the winners here.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Birnbaum, scientist emeritus and former director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program, scholar in residence at Duke University, and adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina and Yale University, told Mamavation.

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Science Daily - Public Health

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Thankfully, researchers have identified some of the trade-offs and communication strategies that environmental health scientists can use to communicate more effectively. Knowing how to communicate your scientific research in a socially responsible manner can be even more difficult.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Birnbaum, scientist emeritus and former director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program, scholar in residence at Duke University, and adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina and Yale University, told Mamavation.

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Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Disseminating public health guidance and research are critical functions of the Department of Health,” said Talor Musil, a field manager at the Environmental Health Project during the press conference. Disseminating public health guidance and research are critical functions of the Department of Health.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The entire plastic life cycle harms our health A 2024 study from Europe estimates that approximately 16,000 chemicals play a role in the life cycle of plastic production. Very few have been tested and data on their hazard to human and environmental health is sparse.

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The Cofounder

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The health effects of environmental chemicals depend on the internal concentrations of the xenobiotics and their metabolites in target tissues. Understanding and predicting chemical internal concentrations (tissue dosimetry) requires a toxicokinetic modeling approach.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

13 webinar, legal experts will discuss the implications of the overturning of Chevron deference and its profound impact on science, public health and decision-making. In this Nov. Sponsored by CHE and UCSF's EaRTH Center.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

consumers contain chemicals that pose greater health risks to people than prior formulations suspected of causing cancer, according to an analysis by an environmental health advocacy group. New types of Roundup weed killing products marketed to U.S. The report was disputed by Bayer, which called the analysis “deeply flawed.”

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The Hindu

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

On Delhi’s air quality going back and forth between ‘severe’ and ‘very poor’, the need for an environmental health agency in India, new research on hypertension and more

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The NACCHO Podcast Series

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In their conversation, Drager discusses Boulder County Environmental Health Division’s oral learner train the trainer program that provides essential food safety training to retail food service staff, regardless of their spoken language.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Dr. Kassotis is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Pharmacology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. The award, in honor of scientist and mentor Lou Guillette, Jr., is given to an early-career scientist working in some aspect of endocrine disruptor research.

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) published a 2025-2029 strategic plan, " Health at the Intersection of People and Their Environments."

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This essay was produced through the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice fellowship , a partnership between Environmental Health News and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Agents of Change in Environmental Justice Reflections on the first five years of the Agents of Change program Transcript Brian Bienkowski Hello and welcome back to the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast, a partnership between Environmental Health News and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

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Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Pete Myers and Jerry Heindel of Environmental Health Sciences. 28, the Food Packaging Forum is co-hosting a symposium on endocrine disrupting chemicals with a leading research university. Speakers include Drs.

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APHL

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Kelsey Granger, Environmental Health “Thank you! In many ways your work goes unnoticed by those it helps the most—but we see you and see how dedicated you are to the mission of public health. This is a real step in making sure public health is equitable!” We appreciate you showing up every day and doing great work.

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Public Health Insider

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

With over 10,000 restaurants in King County, Public Health’s Food Protection Program plays a critical role in monitoring and ensuring food safety. Part two of our three-episode podcast, Bridging the Gap, explores how environmental health shows up in our everyday lives.

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Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For any data you need covering health topics, you will readily find it here. Talk of data on breastfeeding, environmental health, alcohol use, Genomics, immunization, life expectancy, oral health, physical activity, death and mortality, etc. Also, the companies featured are from different jurisdictions around the world.

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Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

An investigation co-produced by Environmental Health News into toxic pollution in communities along the Houston Ship Channel has won a Lion Publishing Sustainability Award for best collaboration. Environmental Health Sciences, the publisher of EHN , is a partner and one of the funders of the Altavoz Lab’s Environmental Fellowship.

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UK Health Security

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Local authority Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) use small mosquito traps to passively attract egg-laying female mosquitoes by providing water and a small polystyrene block for them to lay their eggs on. What happens when we detect them?

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National Council on Urban Indian Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Increase the proportion of medical schools that include environmental health content in a required learning experience. Increase the proportion of undergraduate nursing and graduate nurse practitioner training programs that include environmental health content in a required learning experience.

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The NACCHO Podcast Series

DECEMBER 12, 2024

He is a former President of NACCHOs Board of Directors and has worked for over 35 years in varying capacities including as an environmental health specialist, health educator, and health officer. To get more public health policy updates and to subscribe to NACCHOs weekly newsletter, visit: www.naccho.org/advocacy.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This essay was produced through the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice fellowship , a partnership between Environmental Health News and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

And so I shifted from that office and moved into Laboratory Sciences in the Center for Environmental Health, the National Center for Environmental Health. So I know you're you, obviously you're focused on US health issues through your job. What about the scientific aspect? I want to circle back to Nigeria.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

This essay was produced through the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice fellowship , a partnership between Environmental Health News and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

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PHAB

JUNE 28, 2024

Shaw-Tulloch’s career in the Division includes various positions, including Bureau Chief of the Bureau of Community and Environmental Health and, as of 2012, the State Health Official and Administrator of the Division of Public Health. Dr. Jacob has over two decades of administrative experience in public health.

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UNC Epidemiology Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

. “ Our students’ achievements embody the Department’s mission to solve our most pressing environmental challenges and promote health” said Dr. Rebecca Fry, Chair of the ESE Department. “We are delighted to honor and recognize the next generation of scientists working to address environmental health issues.”

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Laura Diaz joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the intersection of social and environmental stressors on children’s health. Diaz, a current fellow and a Ph.D.

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The NACCHO Podcast Series

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In this third installment of NACCHO’s five-part Food Safety podcast series, they discuss efforts to address foodborne illnesses through retail food programs and how the work from the Retail Program Standards Network in North Carolina, a network of local health departments in partnership with the U.S

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UNC Epidemiology Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2024

UNC SRP CEC members and Public Health Action Committee members, Jeff Currie and Jada Brooks met with Brian Lowry (top left) of the Robeson County Environmental Health to gain support for future research studies in the county. Exploring Drinking Water Contamination in North Carolina Communities Served by Private Wells.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 4, 2021

Notes to authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select “National Health Research Institutes” in the list of “Frontiers institutional members” in the ‘Payment and funding information’ section during article submission.

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

If you can’t afford a nice glass water bottle or to wear all natural fibers, [or ] to not eat frozen dinners in a plastic container every night follow our coverage of EnviRONMENTAL health Saving hearts and farmworker lives in the fields by Anne Blythe December 4, 2024 December 5, 2024 Rural water utilities in North Carolina are still reeling (..)

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APHL

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

It’s the perfect example of how animal health impacts human health impacts environmental health. And when the contaminated stool gets exposed to the soil, widespread problems can occur. Crops grown in the soil can be tainted. Feces can enter water sources.

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Big Cities Health Coalition

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The CDC Coalition also calls for the rejection of this bill, warning that the cuts would undermine essential CDC programs that combat chronic diseases, improve emergency preparedness, and protect communities from environmental health risks.

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HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Public health officials insist the air, fouled by burning “chlorines, chloramine and chlorine compounds,” is safe to breathe but have released few details. People in Atlanta may experience watery eyes and scratchy throats that should subside as the air clears, said Carmen Marsit, a professor of environmental health at Emory University.

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