Environment Archives

Superfund Divide: Who's Living Next Door to Toxicity?

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

Plants, People, and Public Health

Fellow Jack Mellom

Banning the Bag Saves the Sand

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

Nature as Medicine

Editor Monica L. Wang

The Fluoride Debate: To Drink or Not To Drink?

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

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06.16.2020 a graph of a number of months and months

EMS for a Climate Emergency

In addition to its toll on individual health, new research suggests that extreme heat impacts the activity of emergency workers.

Fellow Gray Babbs

05.22.2020 a woman smiling at the camera

Mona Sarfaty

Mona Sarfaty, Director of the Program on Climate and Health, identifies the intersection of the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change.

Fellow Gray Babbs

Editor Nicholas Diamond

05.15.2020 a woman smiling at the camera

Katie Swenson

Katie Swenson, Senior Principal at MASS Design Group, outlines the role of cities in creating the conditions for health during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fellow Pat Williams

Editor Nicholas Diamond

05.14.2020 a statue of a man in front of a white building

Gently Down the Stream

Depending on the location in New Hampshire's Merrimack River, PFAS levels were 100 to 400 times higher than recommended safety thresholds.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

04.15.2020 wind turbines in a field

Climate Changes Temps and Deaths

A rise in temperatures by two degrees centigrade could result in around 2,100 additional deaths from injuries in a single year in the United States.

Guest Author Robbie M. Parks

04.06.2020 a hallway with a broken wall

Ghost of Home Construction Past

The city of Detroit is in a unique position to offer insight into the prevalence of asbestos in older homes while taking responsibility for demolition.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

04.02.2020 a close-up of a cracked ground

Contaminating Children

Current guidance from the EPA considers lead concentration in soil below 100 ppm as a low-risk category despite significant risks for children.

Guest Author Karen Clay

03.30.2020 a path with flowers and trees in front of a mountain

Mapping Environmental Justice

Environmental justice mapping is one way to identify and work with communities most impacted by environmental health disparities.

Guest Authors Edmund Seto, Esther Min

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