Department of Environmental Health
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Reflections on our Week Amid LA’s Smoke and Flames
Our Disrupted JPB EH Fellows Workshop From the security of our 10th-floor Santa Monica hotel conference room, we could see the earliest flickers of the Palisades Fire by 11am Tuesday…
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The health effects of wildfires
As the Los Angeles wildfires continue to rage, Mary Margaret Johnson, principal research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses the dangers of wildfire smoke to health, which populations are most at risk, and tips to protect yourself.
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New course brings public health and design students together to learn what makes buildings “healthy”
Joe Allen, Associate Professor of Exposure Assessment Science in the Department of Environmental Health, has taught the Healthy Buildings course at the Harvard T.H. Chan school of Public Health since 2016….
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Microplastics a growing challenge to health and the environment
Shruthi Mahalingaiah discusses why microplastics are a pressing public health issue.
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How to halve premature death rates by 2050
Countries worldwide, regardless of income level, can halve their rates of premature deaths by 2050 if they focus on a handful of key health priorities. That is the optimistic message of Global Health 2050, a recent report by the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health.
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Air pollution in India linked to millions of deaths
A new study published today in Lancet Planetary Health found that long-term exposure to air pollution increased deaths by 1.5 million deaths per year in India, when compared to conditions…
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Sustainably rebuilding Ukraine
A new course aims to support professionals from across Ukrainian society in rebuilding their country, with people, planet, and resilience in mind.
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Student Commentary: 40th Anniversary of the Bhopal, India Chemical Disaster
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Union Carbide Bhopal Disaster of 1984. Survivors of the disaster have worked to make December 3rd an international day of remembrance, and have…
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Radioactive particles in air pollution linked with worse survival in lung cancer patients
Exposure to a type of ionizing radiation associated with particulate air pollution—called ambient beta particle radioactivity—may lower chances of survival among lung cancer patients, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
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Fine particulate air pollution may play a role in adverse birth outcomes
Exposure to fine particulate air pollution was associated with higher levels of inflammation among pregnant women, potentially leading to adverse birth outcomes, according to a new study from Harvard Chan School.
