Enviroment

Our environment, shaped by where we live, what we are exposed to, and the policies that regulate exposures, can help to identify and address health inequities, said Ana Diez Roux, M.D., Ph.D., who delivered the Olden Distinguished…
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A new publication by scientists in the NIEHS Division of Translational Toxicology (DTT), colleagues from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), and other U.S. government agencies describes the largest set of human data…
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Research into how toxicants may cause DNA damage that accelerates aging, methods to identify early signs of cancer, new scientific tools to better understand gene-environment interactions, and the health effects of exposure to light were…
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From artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to new cross-institute collaborations and funding concepts, NIEHS is continually seeking a deeper understanding of precisely how the environment affects our health. These and other…
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The U.S. has access to some of the safest drinking water supplies in the world, but there are health concerns about levels of contaminants in some public and private systems. Recent studies funded by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program…
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Mindy Richlen, Ph.D., is a co-investigator at the Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research, funded jointly by NIEHS and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Her research has taken her from the…
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In the latest podcast, Mónica D. Ramírez-Andreotta, Ph.D., discusses how…
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Five organizations, with funding from the American Public Health Association’s Advancing Environmental Justice thought Technical Assistance Mini Grants Program, are working toward environmental justice for…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an Environmental Justice Toolkit for Lead Paint Enforcement Programs in June, designed to help enforcement programs better incorporate environmental…
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NIH-funded researchers found that women treated for breast cancer have faster biological aging than women who do not have breast cancer. Biological age, a measure of a person’s cell and tissue health, is…
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Two research teams at the University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus engaged with the local community to understand needs before and after various natural disasters and public health emergencies. The…
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(Editor’s note: The following article is based on a Sept. 29 press release by World Sleep Society.) A global call to action was published in The Lancet Public Health Sept. 28 to recognize sleep health as a foundation of human health.…
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