Environment Archives

Changing Climate, Changing Coccidioides

Fellow Priyanka Athalye

Touching Grass to Pass Class

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

Holding On for Deer Life

Fellow Sean Hagan

Illuminating the Benefits of Daylight

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

Pauses for Pedestrians

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

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12.13.2019 a plate of cookies and cookie cutters

A Second Helping of Air Pollution

Excited for home-cooked food during the holiday season, when indoor air pollution is at its highest? The air we breathe matters as much as the food we eat.

Fellow Erin Polka

10.01.2019 a chart of cosmetics related injuries

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Environmental Health

Killer Cosmetics

When the US poison control center receives a new report, oftentimes the person harmed is a child under two years old, and cosmetics are to blame.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

09.20.2019 a hand holding a plastic fork underwater

Tiny Toxicity

Researchers are looking for evidence on whether ingestion of microplastics have an impact on human health and, if so, by how much.

Fellow Jori Fortson

09.12.2019 a river with a city in the background

Bacteria: The Summer Bummer

With population growing in US coastal areas, we can expect more Americans to become ill from beach water until the sources of contamination are addressed.

Fellow Julia Garcia

09.05.2019 a plane flying in the sky

Environmental Justice for All

Zoning codes and land-use laws govern the way cities are planned and built. Their development has excluded low-income people and people of color.

Fellow Julia Garcia

07.31.2019 a map of a neighborhood with pink dots

Poverty and Pb in Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s communities with higher poverty rates correspond with higher levels of lead exposure, which can have detrimental health effects for children.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

07.30.2019 a city with a park and water in the background

Heat and the Urban Tree Canopy

Research shows that investing in urban tree canopies can act as a meaningful urban heat action plan to reduce mortality and morbidity during heat waves.

Guest Author Robert McDonald

07.25.2019 a brick building with air conditioning

Is Energy Insecurity Making Us Sick?

Rising research reveals how energy insecurity might harm the well-being of individuals through physical, economic, and behavioral pathways.

Guest Authors Diana Hernández, Eva Laura Siegel

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