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Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Syracuse University, Boston University School of Public Health, and...
Jul 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on air quality, tracking our nation’s progress in improving...
Jul 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Smoke Sense mobile application is now available in Spanish on...
Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The de Beaumont Foundation created 40 Under 40 in Public Health to recognize leaders whose creativity and innovation are strengthening...
Jun 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The American Lung Association (ALA) released two new fact sheets about how drought, wildfires, heat, flooding, pollution, and other...
Jun 14, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Environments Division is pleased to announce the availability of two new webpages...
Jun 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since it...
May 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Dr. Cavin Ward-Caviness, Principal Investigator (Computational Biologist), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORD, NHEERL, EPHD,...
May 10, 2019 | NacchoVoice
Environmental Justice invites manuscript submissions for a special issue on chronic disease and climate change. The manuscript...
May 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Syracuse University, Boston University School of Public Health, and Resources for the Future evaluated the cost-benefit analysis for the U.S EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, known as a Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA), to determine whether it incorporates the best available information and the conclusions […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on air quality, tracking our nation’s progress in improving air quality since the passage of the Clean Air Act. “Our Nation’s Air: Status and Trends Through 2018” documents the considerable improvements in air quality across America since 1970. The report released today shows that between […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Smoke Sense mobile application is now available in Spanish on Android and iOS devices. Users’ native (default) device settings will determine the language displayed in the Smoke Sense app. EPA researchers developed the citizen science mobile app called Smoke Sense as part of a public health […]
The de Beaumont Foundation created 40 Under 40 in Public Health to recognize leaders whose creativity and innovation are strengthening communities across the country. Of the 40 honorees, 14 work for local health departments, with two focusing on environmental health: Jessica Gehle of Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (WA) and Jacqualyn (Jackie) Littlepage of Lake County […]
The American Lung Association (ALA) released two new fact sheets about how drought, wildfires, heat, flooding, pollution, and other effects of climate change are threatening lung health. The first covers what you need to know about the health risks of climate change for people with lung disease. The second has tips for people with lung […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Environments Division is pleased to announce the availability of two new webpages with information to help you protect your family from wildfire smoke indoors: Wildfires and Indoor Air Quality Create a Clean Room to Protect Indoor Air Quality During a Wildfire If you live in an area where the […]
World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since it began in 1974, the event has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries. Each World Environment Day is organized around a theme that draws attention […]
By Dr. Cavin Ward-Caviness, Principal Investigator (Computational Biologist), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORD, NHEERL, EPHD, CRB This post originally appeared on the EPA blog. Air Quality Awareness Week, April 29–May 3, is a perfect time to think about how far we have come in understanding how air pollution affects the cardiovascular system. As a U.S. Environmental […]
Environmental Justice invites manuscript submissions for a special issue on chronic disease and climate change. The manuscript submission deadline is August 1, 2019. Scientific and observational evidence documents the adverse and potentially irreversible population health outcomes associated with environmental health risks attributed to climate change. Acute health problems associated with...
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