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Make Health a Summer Priority: How to Limit Exposure to Warm Weather’s Environmental...
By Anna Suarez, Communications Specialist, Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center After enduring months of snow, freezing...
Jul 17, 2017 | Guest Author
Air Quality Awareness Week 2017: Be Air Aware
By: Emily Walsh, Community Outreach Director, Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance For over a decade, the Environmental Health Agency (EPA),...
May 03, 2017 | Guest Author
New Report: Using HIA to Assess Potential Health Outcomes for a Proposed Trail in...
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI) recently released a new report...
Dec 14, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Conference Recap: EPA Local Government Advisory Committee Meeting
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) met on July 27-29, 2016 in Washington, DC to...
Sep 15, 2016 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith
A Call to Action: Prepare for Climate Change
By Paul Biedrzycki, MPH, MBA, CIH, Director of Disease Control and Environmental Health, City of Milwaukee Health Department...
Jun 15, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New U.S. Report Advances Knowledge on Health Impacts of Climate Change
The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, a new report by the Obama Administration,...
Apr 10, 2016 | Katie Regan
New Study Suggests Air Pollution Linked to Premature Birth
A new study published in the journal of Environmental Health Perspectives suggests that air pollution in the United States may be...
Apr 01, 2016 | Katie Regan
Environmental Factors Cause One in Four Deaths Worldwide
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) concludes that environmental factors like air, water, and soil pollution cause one...
Mar 25, 2016 | Katie Regan
New Study Links Air Pollution to Increased Risk of Obesity and Diabetes
Exposure to air pollution, even for just a month or two, may be enough to increase the risk of developing diabetes, especially for...
Mar 24, 2016 | Katie Regan
Make Health a Summer Priority: How to Limit Exposure to Warm Weather’s Environmental RisksBy Anna Suarez, Communications Specialist, Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center After enduring months of snow, freezing temperatures, and decreased daylight, communities can breathe a collective sigh of relief as summer slides into sight once again. With the promise of warmth and sunlight, along with the allure of the long-awaited activities reserved for the summer months, few […] Jul 17, 2017 | Guest Author |
Air Quality Awareness Week 2017: Be Air AwareBy: Emily Walsh, Community Outreach Director, Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance For over a decade, the Environmental Health Agency (EPA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) have come together to host Air Quality Awareness Week (AQAW), celebrated annually during the first week of May. Although air quality […] May 03, 2017 | Guest Author |
New Report: Using HIA to Assess Potential Health Outcomes for a Proposed Trail in ChicagoThe Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI) recently released a new report examining the health implications of a proposed trail, set to cover 1.7 miles across two Chicago-based communities. The assessment for this project was conducted by using a Health Impact Assessment (HIA). Titled, Health Impact Assessment of […] Dec 14, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Conference Recap: EPA Local Government Advisory Committee MeetingThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) met on July 27-29, 2016 in Washington, DC to discuss high priority issues for the EPA and local, state, and tribal governments working on environmental efforts. The LGAC is composed of locally elected and appointed officials (e.g., mayors, county executives, city managers, commissioners, etc.), state... Sep 15, 2016 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith |
A Call to Action: Prepare for Climate ChangeBy Paul Biedrzycki, MPH, MBA, CIH, Director of Disease Control and Environmental Health, City of Milwaukee Health Department Regardless of the current political debates on the existence of climate change, there is mounting and compelling scientific evidence that not only indicates climate change is occurring, but also predicts significant health risks, especially for vulnerable populations.... Jun 15, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New U.S. Report Advances Knowledge on Health Impacts of Climate ChangeThe Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, a new report by the Obama Administration, significantly advances what we know about the impacts of climate change on public health, and the confidence with which we know it. The report, jointly conducted by eight different U.S. federal agencies over […] Apr 10, 2016 | Katie Regan |
New Study Suggests Air Pollution Linked to Premature BirthA new study published in the journal of Environmental Health Perspectives suggests that air pollution in the United States may be causing thousands of premature births per year. The reasons why are not entirely understood but scientists suspect that pollution can cause inflammation of the placenta during pregnancy. Premature birth is associated with a number […] Apr 01, 2016 | Katie Regan |
Environmental Factors Cause One in Four Deaths WorldwideA new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) concludes that environmental factors like air, water, and soil pollution cause one in four deaths worldwide. The report says that 12.6 million people died in 2012 as a result of pollution, chemical exposure, climate change, ultraviolet light, and other issues. Such environmental factors led people to […] Mar 25, 2016 | Katie Regan |
New Study Links Air Pollution to Increased Risk of Obesity and DiabetesExposure to air pollution, even for just a month or two, may be enough to increase the risk of developing diabetes, especially for obese people, says a new study from the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center at the University of California’s Keck School of Medicine. Researchers studied more than 1,000 people living in southern […] Mar 24, 2016 | Katie Regan |
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