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From the built environment in which we live to the air we breathe, our surroundings—and their strengths or shortcomings—are a prerequisite for health.

03.08.2021 a graph of a graph with blue and red lines

Streets Made for Walking

Simple changes in built environment features can increase exercise rates, improve mental wellbeing, and lower mortality.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

02.03.2021 a container ship with many containers on the side

Shipping Shapes Health

Shipping is indispensable for the global economy, but it is also one of the world’s highest polluting sectors.

Guest Authors Kenneth Gillingham, Pei Huang

02.02.2021 a graph of different colored bars

Whose Poo?

Fecal contamination of groundwater is a growing concern in areas threatened by increasing precipitation and flooding due to climate change.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

01.21.2021 a graph of a number of buildings

Suffering from Secondhand Smoke

People receiving federal housing assistance are among those with the greatest risk of inhaling secondhand smoke.

Fellow Pat Williams