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News
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Better Off Podcast: Is clean beauty for real?
It seems like every brand of makeup, fragrance, and hair care wants consumers to believe that their products are safe, natural, and clean. Is this all just greenwashing? The beauty…
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PFAS levels lower in buildings with healthier furnishings
Buildings renovated with healthier furnishings had significantly lower levels of the entire group of per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS)—toxic chemicals linked with many negative health effects—than buildings with conventional furnishings, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.
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Alzheimer’s disease causes, treatments examined at JBL Symposium
Experts discussed some of the latest research on Alzheimer’s causes and potential treatments at the the 25th annual John B. Little Symposium.
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Menstruation animation helps shed light on a touchy topic
A new educational animation that debuted at the Museum of Science in Boston over the summer aims to give parents and children the chance to learn about menstruation.
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Psychological distress before COVID-19 infection may increase risk of long COVID
Psychological distress before COVID-19 infection was associated with an increased risk of long COVID, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
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How our environment impacts reproductive health
Carmen Messerlian, assistant professor of environmental reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology, studies how the world around us—everything from chemical exposures to trauma to climate change—can affect reproductive health and development.
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At youth summit, activists give crash course in fighting climate change
High school students from the U.S. and beyond attended the Harvard Chan C-CHANGE Youth Summit on Climate, Equity, & Health at Harvard Chan School July 24-30.
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The Supreme Court curbed EPA’s power to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. What comes next?
Harvard Chan School experts discuss the implications of a Supreme Court ruling limiting the EPA’s power to curb power plant emissions.
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Boost your mental health by spending time outside
Spending time in nature has been shown to improve both physical and mental health—and Harvard Chan School’s Peter James has advice on how to get the most benefit from time spent outdoors.
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Stricter federal guidelines on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water pose challenges
Philippe Grandjean discusses the EPA’s updated health advisories for two toxic compounds, PFOS and PFOA, that are found in drinking water across the U.S.
