CSTE

MARCH 29, 2023

CSTE celebrates March 2023 as Womens History Month As Womens History Month comes to a close, CSTE is featuring Alice Hamilton, the first female epidemiologist and a pioneer in industrial health and safety. We are pleased to celebrate the importance of women in occupational health and epidemiology.

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Environmental Health News

JANUARY 8, 2025

I also spoke with dozens of formerly incarcerated people who explained that the physical and mental suffering they endured in prisons from both environmental and social factors left them in much worse shape than before their sentences. behind bars is in many cases by design, not an accidental byproduct.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A recent Enbridge oil spill in Wisconsin has intensified concerns about the safety of the companys Line 5 pipeline project, despite state assurances of minimal risk. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and environmental groups are challenging these permits, citing ongoing trust issues and environmental risks.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This story was originally published in The New Lede , a journalism project of the Environmental Working Group, and is republished here with permission. 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.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The report named Latin America the deadliest region for environmental activists, accounting for 85 percent of the 196 land defenders murdered globally in 2023. Latin America’s environmental activists live amid a constant threat of violence that permeates their days and bodies and that, like polluted air, tears their insides apart.

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KFF Health News

APRIL 9, 2025

The Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act is considered crucial by its supporters, with climate change fueling an increase in wildfire frequency and firefighting deemed carcinogenic by the World Health Organization. What is clear is that, for legislation tying benefits to service-related health conditions, the devil is in the details.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 7, 2025

While climate coverage often focuses on heat, its health impacts have a broader audience appeal. With primary care doctors ranked as the most trusted source of information on these health effects, medical professionals have a unique opportunity to educate the public about the far-reaching health impacts of our changing environment.

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Environmental Health News

MARCH 12, 2025

driven by public health concerns, are rushing to ban synthetic food dyes linked to health risks, citing both a lack of federal action and mounting public pressure. In short: A dozen states, including West Virginia and Oklahoma, are moving to ban food dyes due to health concerns, particularly for children. States across the U.S.,

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A fault line runs between labor and environmental movements, or so we’re told. Labor unions have been criticized for focusing on jobs without considering environmental consequences, with some unions supporting controversial projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline, and others opposing bans on fracking.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Partnering with EHN.org, Mamavation — an environmental wellness blog and community — had 11 tallow products and two beef suet products tested by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-certified lab and found levels of phthalates up to 922 parts per billion. Two of the brands tested had more than 200 ppb of phthalates. While the U.S.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Partnering with EHN.org, Mamavation — an environmental wellness blog and community — had seven ghees, which is a kind of clarified butter, tested by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-certified lab and found levels of phthalates ranging from 105 parts per billion to 2,702 ppb. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

PITTSBURGH — More than a year after the Pennsylvania Department of Health published three studies linking fracking to cancer and other health effects, advocates say the agency failed to keep promises to help residents living near fracking wells.

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APHL

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

With Thanksgiving approaching, it seems appropriate that we pause to give thanks for the people who help ensure a healthy life is possible for all—the public health workforce. America and other public health organizations in celebrating Public Health Thank You Day. Kelsey Granger, Environmental Health “Thank you!

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Pradnya Garud joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the role of unions in climate and environmental justice. The Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast is a biweekly podcast featuring the stories and big ideas from past and present fellows, as well as others in the field. How are you?

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The NACCHO Podcast Series

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Washington, DC, October 17, 2024 — On this podcast episode, the National Association of County and City Health Officials ’ (NACCHO) Director of Government Affairs, Victoria Van de Vate, and Lauren Soule, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, provide insights into federal funding now that Congress is out of session until after the election.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 13, 2025

The tool kit was produced in 2022 through a collaboration between Americares , a nonprofit that provides health-focused aid in response to disasters, and the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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KFF Health News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Their guide, Trey Sherard of the Anacostia Riverkeeper, started the tour with a well-rehearsed safety talk. Because of the health risks, swimming hasn’t been legal in the Anacostia for more than half a century. The data shows that poop is a problem for river health but knowing what kind of poop it is matters.

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UNC Epidemiology Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

September 10, 2024 The Gillings School of Global Public Health is proud to recognize over 50 students from the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ESE) who have been recognized with prestigious awards over the past academic year.

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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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Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Mortality has doubled over the past 20 years, sparking a public health exploration into the epidemic. The causes of whats been called chronic kidney disease of unknown cause in the public health literature are beginning to be identified: heat stress, dehydration, water quality, and pollution.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Agents of Change in Environmental Justice · Greer Hamilton on arts-based environmental justice research Seven years later, I am still thinking about this question, especially in the way it connects to the relationship between policing and our surroundings, both natural and built.

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The NACCHO Podcast Series

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Later in the program (7:23), Nicholas Adams, Senior Program Analyst on NACCHO’s Food Safety Team, is joined by Melissa Ham, who served as a senior consultant with Wake County Environmental Services in North Carolina. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has impacted retail food safety work on the local level.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 22, 2025

In December, the National Institute of Safety Standards and Technology , a federal agency tasked by Congress to evaluate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in firefighting gear, released the results of its third study on the topic. Measuring the presence of the chemicals is the first step in understanding their impact on firefighters.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Yuvelis Natalia Morales Blanco, a Colombian environmental advocate, received her first death threat at 19. Public safety was nonexistent. In January 2022, the dates of the ANLA [National Environmental Licensing Agency] visits to grant the environmental permits to the pilot projects were announced.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Wellington Onyenwe joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss using an environmental justice lens in looking at chemical exposure, and his passion for food and cooking. Onyenwe, a current fellow and a Health Scientist, Environmental Toxicologist and Public Health Emergency Responder at the U.S.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Residents near the Goodyear chemical plant in Niagara Falls face heightened cancer risks from ortho-toluidine emissions, which computer modeling shows exceed state safety guidelines. Jim Morris and Emyle Watkins report for Public Health Watch. Its shameful what the DEC and the health department have done.

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HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. As a plume of smoke from a fire at a Conyers chemical plant hangs over metro Atlanta, so do questions about what exactly is burning and the extent of any public health risk. Other districts canceled outdoor after-school activities.

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National Network of Public Health Institutes

APRIL 3, 2025

Montanas public health system is broad and decentralized, with 60 local and tribal health departments spread across urban centers, rural communities, and remote frontier areas. One of our Lewis and Clark Public Health core values is effectiveness.

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Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Food and Drug Administration — which is responsible for regulating potentially harmful substances in food and packaging — is reassessing how they manage chemicals in food additives and packaging, something that health researchers have long called for. Many of these were authorized decades ago and their safety hasn't been reviewed.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the neurotoxicity of neonicotinoids - the most widely used class of insecticides in the U.S. A recent paper in Frontiers in Toxicology examined research submitted by industry to the U.S. and worldwide - and found that the data was evaluated improperly by the agency.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Disclosure: This consumer study is released in partnership with Environmental Health News. Donations were provided by Environmental Health News and Mamavation community members. You can also give a tax-deductible donation to our consumer studies here through Environmental Health Sciences.

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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. Emissions pose significant health risks to the community. The project received additional support from the Pulitzer Center.

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Environmental Health News

MARCH 12, 2025

driven by public health concerns, are rushing to ban synthetic food dyes linked to health risks, citing both a lack of federal action and mounting public pressure. In short: A dozen states, including West Virginia and Oklahoma, are moving to ban food dyes due to health concerns, particularly for children. States across the U.S.,

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APHL

DECEMBER 17, 2024

But regardless, they were stories that shone a light on public health and its importance in all our lives, every day of every year. A widespread and deadly Listeria outbreak From applesauce to carrots to McDonalds hamburgers, 2024 was a busy year for public health scientists investigating outbreaks of foodborne illnesses.

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Big Cities Health Coalition

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

House of Representatives, the 136 members of the CDC Coalition, including Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), expressed strong opposition to the proposed $1.8 billion (22%) cut to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlined in the FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill.

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Tulane Public Health Blog

APRIL 14, 2024

Public health internships promote hands-on experiences and opportunities for students to gain skills in a real-world setting. They also offer avenues to explore some of the many roles within the public health sector. Here are just a few examples of responsibilities that may be part of a public health internship. Safety training.

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Environmental Health News

JANUARY 10, 2025

To highlight the dramatic health costs of plastics, a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines the disease burdens of three common plastic chemicals across one third of the worlds population. In short: In 2015, bisphenol A (BPA) was associated with an estimated 5.4

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