Environment Archives

The Story of Surgical Trash

Guest Author Noe Copley-Woods

When The Dust Settles: Health Costs of Dust Storms

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

Under-Monitored, Over-Exposed

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

Before the First Cry: A Crisis in Neonatal Health

Fellow Aidan Stotz

Cooking Up Contamination

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

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10.05.2018 Two soldiers putting on gas masks

Are Post-9/11 Veterans Experiencing a New Version of Gulf War Illness?

Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are reporting a similar constellation of symptoms that affect veterans deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1990-1991.

Guest Authors Bryann DeBeer, Lisa Corcoran

09.06.2018 a cracked ground with a person standing on it

Environment
Climate Change

Denying Climate Change is Denying Health

When we recognize that climate change matters for health, we cannot avoid a discussion of how health is affected in our climate conversations.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

08.24.2018 Five Borough Farms rooftop garden in Hell's Kitchen

Design Thinking for Public Health

Five Borough Farm Project, an initiative launched in 2009, brought urban farmers, designers, and policy makers together, using design thinking to expand urban agriculture in New York City.

Guest Author Tara Murphy

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

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

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