Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health
The Harvard Chan National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Center for Environmental Health is a coordinated set of resources and facilities supporting environmental health research and training activities throughout the greater Boston area. The center promotes integration between basic and applied environmental science, and fosters collaborations that cross departmental and institutional boundaries.
665 Huntington Ave.
Building 1-1402
Boston, MA 02115
News
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Marijuana smoking linked with higher sperm concentrations
Men who have smoked marijuana at some point in their life had significantly higher concentrations of sperm when compared with men who have never smoked marijuana, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, including Center Members Jorge Chavarro and Russ Hauser.
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New study looks at two chemicals in e-cigarette flavoring that may impair the function of cilia in the human airway
Two chemicals widely used to flavor electronic cigarettes may impair the function of cilia in the human airway, according to a new study led by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, including Center Members Joe Allen and Quan Lu.
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Seeing the invisible: A novel epidemiological approach
Marc Weisskopf at the ISEE-ISES 2018 Joint Annual Meeting on “Addressing Complex Local and Global Issues in Environmental Exposure and Health” in Ottawa, Canada. Related Topics Last Updated Get the…
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Study finds hair-straightening products contain potentially harmful chemicals
Many of the hair relaxing and straightening products primarily used by black women and children contain hormone-disrupting chemicals associated with early puberty, preterm birth, and reproductive diseases, according to a recent study published in Environmental Research. Tamarra James-Todd, Mark and Catherine Winkler Assistant Professor of Environmental Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who previously studied the potential health risks of chemicals in hair products, shared product information with the researchers.
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Major Harvard Chan studies concur: Air pollution boosts U.S. death rates
Twenty-five years ago, the Harvard Six Cities Study drew a strong link between exposure to fine particulate air pollution and increased risk of early death in six U.S. cities. Last year, another Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health study using new technologies and innovations in statistical analysis drew the same main conclusion.
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Project AirQual
Do you know how air pollution impacts your health? These videos, designed for community members, and featuring research by Drs. Douglas Dockery, Jonathan Levy, and John Godleski, help answer that…
