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Spikes in Severe Unintentional Pediatric Poisoning

Fellow Jude Sleiman

Reflective Pavement May Cool Cities

Fellow Lia Musumeci

Your Surrounding Landscape Can Influence Your Personality

Guest Author Elisabeta Militaru

Neighborhood Environmental Injustice

Fellow Dani Weissert

Nature's Prescription: How Green Spaces Can Improve Health

Fellow Jude Sleiman

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03.26.2019 a diagram of an accident with a scooter and a scooter

Scooter Safety

Researchers review injuries caused by electric scooters in Southern California to study the rising concerns for pedestrians and motorist safety.

Fellow Jori Fortson

02.21.2019 A cow's head looking over the backs of cows as it gets squished in the herd

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Climate Change

Climate Change and the Food Gap

By 2050, the global population will be almost 10 billion. Simply growing more food is not the answer to feed us all.

Fellow Erin Polka

02.20.2019 Brightly color pill capsules with smiling faces drawn on them

What's Supplementing Your Supplements?

Dietary supplements and vitamins are often described as natural, organic, chemical free, and homeopathic. Because nutraceuticals are not federally regulated, these claims about performance and ingredients are difficult to verify.

Guest Authors Jessica Sweeney, Pranita Chilakamarri, Mark Mikhail, Mohamed Ismail Nounou

02.15.2019 Telephone poles and setting sun in heat haze

Feeling Hot and Bothered

Heat waves may increase risk of suicide. Nick Obradovich and colleagues developed a method to quantify the influence of climate change on mental health.

Fellow Erin Polka

01.31.2019 Map of pre-Katrina and post-Katrina lead levels in New Orleans

The Unexpected: Less Lead in New Orleans

After Hurricane Katrina, researchers found that storm surge flooding did not increase heavy metal contaminants in soil. Instead, lead levels dropped.

Fellow Erin Polka

01.10.2019 Diagram showing policy based emission reductions

The 2 Degree Solution

What would it take for us to avoid a 2˚C increase in global temperature in the next 30 years? An energy policy firm tackles the question, modeling how current energy policies will impact future emissions.

Fellow Erin Polka

12.20.2018 A match in four stages, lit to extinguished.

We DID Start the Fire

If our energy use increases at the current rate, dramatic temperature increases are predicted for US cities.

Fellow Erin Polka

12.14.2018 a close up of a broken glass

The Problems with Plastics

As of 2017, the world has produced 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic. A report by Christopher Rhodes highlights five efforts to reduce plastic waste in our environment.

Fellow Erin Polka

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