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The Harvard Six Cities Study had a profound impact on efforts to curb air pollution in the U.S. and is estimated to have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
A new paper in the journal Science highlights the importance of integrating exposomics into mainstream biomedical research. Peng Gao, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposomics at the Harvard T.H….
Breathing Easier Studio event highlights the ongoing fight for cleaner air, and the groundbreaking public health research from Harvard that has led the way Fifty years ago, researchers at Harvard…
Cuts at NIOSH, a federal agency focused on workplace health and safety, could make workers across the U.S. less safe, slow research about how to prevent worker illness and injury, and shrink the pipeline of experts in occupational health and safety.
Bitcoin mining—the process through which computers generate cryptocurrency tokens—exposes millions of Americans to harmful air pollution each year, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.
Researchers explain why their research to uncover environmental threats matters while offering practical information on how we can safeguard our health. In a new collaborative video series launching today in…
Organizations have a responsibility for eliminating hazardous “forever chemicals” from their workplaces—and there’s a simple two-part playbook for how to go about it, according to Harvard Chan School’s Joseph Allen and colleagues.
Exposure to fine particulate air pollution from wildfire smoke was associated with increased visits to emergency departments for mental health conditions, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard Chan School.
Firefighters who fought urban blazes during the January wildfires in Los Angeles County had significantly higher levels of mercury and lead in their blood than firefighters who tackled past blazes in less-populated areas, according to preliminary findings from a consortium of researchers conducting a long-term study of the fires’ health impacts.
