Environment Archives

Air Quality: An Unequal Burden

Fellow Farah Nimeri

The Cost of Saving on Skincare

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

Turning Down the Volume on Hearing Damage

Fellow Heather Sherr

Vanadium, Invisible Pollution, and Cancer Risk

Fellow Priyanka Athalye

Grass Is Always Greener

Fellow Sean Hagan

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05.13.2022 a woman getting her hair washed

The Everywhere Chemical

Hairdressers are vulnerable to pthalate exposure, which can mimic or interfere with the body's hormones.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

05.04.2022 a collage of graphs

Green Spaces for Everybody

COVID-19 infection racial disparities were smaller in counties where there is more green space.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

05.02.2022 a graph of diseased diseases

The Aftermath of Maria

Chronic disease prevalence among adults increased in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

04.26.2022 a graph of gas emissions

Gas Stoves: Luxury or Liability?

Gas stoves leak methane even when they are off, contributing to environmentally detrimental greenhouse gas emissions.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

04.22.2022 a graph showing the number of years

Something in the Air

Researchers investigated disparities in air pollution exposure across income and ethnicity using U.S. Census Data from 1990 to 2010, following the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

03.25.2022 a diagram of different colored boxes

Road Salt and Water Quality

About 82% of drinking water wells tested in a study had sodium concentrations above the recommended standard.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

03.14.2022 Dust cloud over farm house

From Dust to Dust

How dust will impact human health in the future will be determined by land use practices, climate variability, and climate change.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

03.09.2022 plastics in ocean

Turning the Tide

A functioning global ocean is essential to maintaining the ecosystems that support human life.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

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