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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

Burning Questions: Why U.S. Sunscreens Fall Short

Fellow Jude Sleiman

Scorching Summers: Heat Waves Trigger Surge in ER Visits

Fellow Jude Sleiman

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07.27.2018 Plastic bag caught at the top of a beautiful tree

Blowing in the Wind: Plastic Bag Use

Single-use plastic bags are a number one flyaway issue at landfills, and permanent features of the landscapes they litter. Research examined the effectiveness of various approaches used by local governments to reduce plastic shopping bags.

Fellow Erin Polka

07.17.2018 a graph with text on it

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Climate Change

Do Americans Know the Health Impacts of Global Warming?

The majority of Americans believe that global warming is real, but fewer understand the impact of global warming on health.

Fellow Erin Polka

07.16.2018 a group of people working in a field

Citizenship and Heat-Related Mortality

A recent study by researchers at the National Center for Environmental Health assessed whether non-US citizens have a higher risk of heat-related death than US citizens.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

07.05.2018 Graphic showing how worried immigrants were about claiming Harvey damage

The Immigrant Experience in Hurricane Season

Immigrant families were more fearful that reporting property damage caused by Hurricane Harvey would draw negative attention from authorities.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

07.03.2018 Chart showing reasons back seat passengers don't wear seat belts

Buckle up for Safety

Back seat passengers who do not buckle their seat belts are not only more likely to sustain a serious injury in a car accident, but also to injure everyone in the car.

Fellow Erin Polka

06.26.2018 Young African American sleeping at the library

Good Sleep? Not in Some Neighborhoods

Recent research by Fuller-Rowell and colleagues measured the degree to which neighborhood disadvantages might account for different sleep experiences between White and Black communities.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

05.21.2018 a woman in a white shirt

Ayesha Barenblat

Ayesha Barenblat is the founder of Remake, a platform dedicated to changing consumer perspectives on fashion and style by increasing awareness about the public health impact of the fashion industry supply chain.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

05.15.2018 a graph of poverty

Particular Particulates

Landfills and industrial sites emit harmful air particulates that impact lung and heart health. These sites are more likely to be located near racially or ethnically marginalized and poor communities than majority white, affluent communities.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

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