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Public Perceptions About Climate Change and Health

Guest Author Christine Swoboda

Impact of Wildfires on Skin Conditions

Fellow Lia Musumeci

Electric Vehicles and Clean Energy Could Save Thousands of Lives

Fellow Jude Sleiman

Rigged Stress

Fellow Heather Sherr

Cigarette Butt Litter

Fellow Lia Musumeci

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08.10.2017 smoke stacks of smoke coming out of a factory

The Social Cost of Carbon

Called "the most important figure you’ve never heard of,” the social cost of carbon (SCC) is a statistic used by federal agencies to estimate the environmental costs and social benefits of proposed regulations. President Trump has called for its review.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

07.17.2017 Pollution over the city in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the second most polluted city in the world

Fighting Pollution with Open Data

Air pollution is responsible for one out of every eight deaths on the planet. OpenAQ uses the power of open data as a convening force to connect a global community on air pollution research. Read three ways the public health community can help.

Guest Author Christa Hasenkopf

06.30.2017 A lead pipe from Roman times

Lead Pipes: The Cost of Kicking the Can Down the Road

City Councillor Ryan O'Malley weighs in on the lead pipe problem in Malden, Massachusetts.

Guest Author Ryan O'Malley

06.29.2017 Illustration of a tree showing the relationship of green spaces and wellbeing

Parks and Privilege

The city of Los Angeles is a prime example of disparities in access to healthier, greener urban development. Initiatives such as the Land Trust’s project, known as “Transforming Inner-City Lost Lots” (TILL), empower low-income communities to take the “greening” of their neighborhoods into their own hands.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

06.14.2017 Karen DeSalvo (center)

Karen DeSalvo

PHP sat down with Karen deSalvo, former acting assistant secretary for health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to discuss her work at the HHS and the social determinants of public health.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

Editor David K. Jones

05.24.2017 WHO bar graph showing 1.7 million deaths of children linked to the environment

Polluted Air, Dirty Water, and Child Health

Indoor and outdoor air pollution and smoke are responsible for an estimated 570,000 deaths in children under 5. While child deaths attributable to environmental hazards decreased from 37% to 26% from 2002 to 2012, continued progress is in a precarious state.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

04.25.2017 a green and yellow banner with white text

A Crumbling Infrastructure

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gives US infrastructure a D+ rating. Investment in infrastructure could generate significant bi-partisan support in Congress and across the country.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

04.06.2017 Climate victim Rahima Khatun (49) lives at Khanpur village in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Her only deep tube well has been flooded and everyday she has to go to another village to collect pure drinking water.

Climate victim Rahima Khatun (49) lives at Khanpur village in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Her only deep tube well has been flooded and everyday she has to go to another village to collect pure drinking water.

Climate Refugees: Environmental Health and Displaced Populations

The global public health community must advocate for improved health outcomes among climate refugees.

Editor Nicholas Diamond

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