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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New tougher U.S. air pollution standards shaped by Harvard Chan School research
Stricter new federal regulations on deadly fine particulate air pollution in the U.S. were announced on February 7—and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health research played a key role in the decision.
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Harvard launches two studies of Pilgrim nuclear plant health risks
Check out a recent interview with Dr. Petros Koutrakis and Jeannette Barnes, a reporter for Cape and Islands (CAI), regarding two new studies of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.
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New research: Disparities in joint exposure to environmental and social stressors in urban households in Greater Boston
This article, published in the Dec 2023 issue of Environmental Research, examines patterns of environmental and social exposures at the household-level and potential predictors of these joint exposures in two environmental justice…
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Plan to eliminate lead pipes a ‘big win’ for Harvard Chan School scientists
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New report: Associations between noise and cardiovascular disease
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Research Fellow Barrak Alahmad talks to BBC about air pollution in the Middle East
Dr. Barrak Alahmad, MD, MPH, PhD, is featured in BBC World Service Documentaries series on ‘How hidden oil pollution puts millions at risk in the Gulf’. In September, Dr. Alahmad…
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New publication: Examining exposure differences between residential and smartphone mobility-based greenness
Published in Environmental Health Perspectives, this research compares greenness exposure quantified with traditional residential buffers and novel mobility-based estimates from smartphone GPS to provide a more accurate reflection of greenness exposure…
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Article on new methods for precision environmental health selected as ASA Editor’s Choice Collection
An article titled “Heterogeneous Distributed Lag Models to Estimate Personalized Effects of Maternal Exposures to Air Pollution” by Daniel Mork et al. was selected by the Journal of the American Statistical…
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A Howlin’ Good Time: Superfund CEC Joins in Franklin Park Zoo Halloween Event
BOSTON – The Superfund Community Engagement Core participated in the annual New England Franklin Park Zoo Howl for Halloween this year. Our booth provided handouts designed by members of our…
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Bridging Science with Community: Magnolia Street Garden
DORCHESTER, MA – A community garden 15 years in the making celebrated a ribbon cutting in September. The newly finished garden…