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News
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‘Smart’ packaging preserves food and enhances safety without plastic waste
Researchers have developed an alternative “smart” packaging material that keeps harmful bacteria and spoilage microorganisms off of food and plastic pollution out of the environment.
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Interactive web series explores environmental racism
A new series of interactive web resources titled Environmental Racism in Greater Boston, produced by experts at Harvard Chan School, tells a multifaceted and accessible story, including interactive data visualizations, about disparities in environmental exposures from the regional level to the individual level.
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Living near or downwind of unconventional oil and gas development linked with increased risk of early death
Elderly people living near or downwind of unconventional oil and gas development—which involves extraction methods including directional (non-vertical) drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking—are at higher risk of early death compared with elderly individuals who don’t live near such operations, a new study found.
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Why more stringent regulation is needed for ‘forever chemicals’
Environmental health expert Philippe Grandjean discusses the importance of regulating PFAS.
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Hot, dusty, and unhealthy
Barrak Alahmad, PhD ’22, is studying the health impacts of heat and air pollution in Kuwait.
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Pedagogy Fellows program enhances teaching, learning
Under Harvard Chan School’s Pedagogy Fellows program, a small group of doctoral students and postdocs helps strengthen educational activities across courses, degree programs, and departments.
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Decreased vehicle emissions linked with significant drop in deaths attributable to air pollution
Decreasing vehicle emissions since 2008 have reduced by thousands the number of deaths attributable to air pollution, yielding billions of dollars in benefits to society, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School researchers.
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‘Boot camp’ draws researchers focused on environmental health disparities
A group of scientists from across the U.S. took a deep dive into the foundations of environmental justice research during a new two-day intensive course.
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Weighing benefit vs. risk of newly authorized e-cig products
Three Harvard Chan School experts weigh in on the FDA’s decision to authorize a set of three e-cigarette products for sale in the U.S. for the first time.
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Long-term exposure to permissible concentrations of air pollution linked with increased mortality risk
Exposure to low concentrations of air pollution, even at levels permitted under federal regulations, may be causing tens of thousands of early deaths each year among elderly people and other vulnerable groups in the U.S., according to a large national study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
