Environment Archives

Reaping the Benefits

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

Police Chases Gone Wrong

Fellow Priyanka Athalye

Washing Away Climate Promises

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

Burning Questions: Why U.S. Sunscreens Fall Short

Fellow Jude Sleiman

Air Quality: An Unequal Burden

Fellow Farah Nimeri

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02.13.2026 Illustration of E. coli bacteria, a main contributor to UTIs

From Farm to Bladder: The Hidden Food Chain Behind UTIs

As neighborhood poverty increases, the share of UTIs that are linked to E. coli strains from contaminated meat also rises.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

02.05.2026 Woman printing a receipt for a customer

Receipt Still In the Hot Seat

Thermal receipt paper contains chemicals that can be absorbed through the skin and may pose long-term health risks.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

11.05.2025 Large crude oil storage tanks beneath an oil refinery in a green hilly area

The Downstream Harms of Upstream Oil and Gas Development

Maternal exposure to benzene, a carcinogen present in crude oil and gas, increases the risk of developing childhood leukemia.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

11.04.2025 A girl returns from school wades across a flooded street after heavy rains. Indicates connection between climate change and child health

A girl returns from school wades across a flooded street after heavy rains. Indicates connection between climate change and child health

Climate Change and Mental Health: Who Is Hit Hardest and Why?

More than 85% of the mental and physical health burden of climate change falls on children under the age of five.

Guest Authors Amber Acquaye, Deepika Shaligram

11.03.2025 Bitcoin mining farm

Bitcoin’s Toxic Footprint

Bitcoin mining’s rising energy demand in the U.S. drives air pollution and other health risks, with little federal oversight or regulation.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

10.28.2025 Garbage truck dumping the garbage in a landfill. Pollution and superfund site concept

Superfund Divide: Who's Living Next Door to Toxicity?

Due to historical segregation and racism, communities of color and low-income populations live near the nation’s most hazardous sites.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

09.30.2025 PHPod host Jack Mellom speaks with Andy Pulte, professor of plant sciences at the University of Tennessee, about the relationship between plants and health.

PHPod host Jack Mellom speaks with Andy Pulte, professor of plant sciences at the University of Tennessee, about the relationship between plants and health.

Plants, People, and Public Health

PHPod speaks with Andy Pulte, professor of plant sciences at the University of Tennessee, about the relationship between plants and health.

Fellow Jack Mellom

09.29.2025 Trash, plastic cups, and plastic bags washed up on the shoreline at the beach. Environmental problem concept and healing the world

Banning the Bag Saves the Sand

Areas with restrictive bag policies saw 25-47% fewer plastic bags in shoreline cleanups than areas without such policies.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

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