Environment Archives

Vanadium, Invisible Pollution, and Cancer Risk

Fellow Priyanka Athalye

Grass Is Always Greener

Fellow Sean Hagan

Nature's Prescription: How Green Spaces Can Improve Health

Fellow Jude Sleiman

Worsening Weather, Worsening Moods

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

A Candid Conversation About Climate Change

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

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11.26.2018 Toadstool Hoodoo, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Trump, Federalism, and the Environment

The Trump Administration has pursued a strategy of reducing federal government responsibility for environmental protection and devolving responsibility to the states.

Guest Authors David Konisky, Neal Woods

11.21.2018 a car on the road

A Street with a Public Health View

A review of 54 studies identified ways in which Google Street View has been used for public health research, including gathering data on neighborhood green space and health policy compliance.

Fellow Erin Polka

11.14.2018 Black and white view of Manhattan from above

The Dangers of Cold Weather

Lane and colleagues analyzed hospital discharge, death certificate, and medical examiner data to identify deaths and illness caused by cold weather in New York City to understand who is most at risk.

Guest Author Kathryn Lane

11.13.2018 a truck with a advertisement on it

Mining and Mobile Units

Coal miners’ “black lung” is at its highest rate in over two decades. Mobile units, created under a program of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, provide miners with chest x-rays and breathing tests to monitor their health.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

10.30.2018 A light rail train in a station

All Aboard for Light Rail Transit

Public transit moves many people efficiently, producing significantly less air pollution than vehicles. Park and Sener measured how light rail transit decreased vehicle emissions and in turn affected deaths from stroke.