In recognition of CHE’s 10th anniversary, colleagues who have been particularly instrumental to shaping CHE this past decade will be invited to write an introduction. This month’s introduction is by Maria Valenti, who serves as the national coordinator for CHE’s Healthy Aging and the Environment Initiative. They are all about aging well. April 7th was […]
written by Elise Miller, EdM Director For the first time the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Monitor on Psychology magazine featured a cover story (Oct 2015) on the impact toxic chemicals can have on the developing brain. It makes sense that if chemical exposures can undermine children’s learning capacities, then they might be implicated in mental […]
written by Elise Miller, EdM Director When many of us think of air pollution, images often come to mind of smoke stacks and diesel trucks spewing dirty fumes or thick brown smog enveloping cities. We think of people coughing or wearing masks on their faces to breathe, kids being rushed to emergency rooms for asthma […]
Elise Miller, MEd CHE Director Rereading CHE’s e-newsletter introductions published over this past year in recognition of CHE’s 10th anniversary, I am reminded how fortunate we are to work with such an array of truly remarkable leaders—leaders, like you, who are providing the critical thinking and unwavering commitment we need to move towards a healthier, […]
Davis Baltz, MS, and Heather Sarantis, MS Co-Directors of CHE’s Environmental Health Primary Prevention Training Institute As we recognize CHE’s tenth anniversary this year, one of CHE’s newer projects to highlight is the training program offered through CHE’s Environmental Health Primary Prevention Training Institute. Launched in 2010, the three-day training program brings CHE’s expertise in […]
Elise Miller, MEd Director Why would a group of moms from around the country and varied ethnic backgrounds choose to spend almost three days together learning about environmental health science? As one participant in CHE’s new Environmental Health Primary Prevention Training program, put it: “Every mom is already devoted to prevention. We want keep our […]
Dear Friends and Colleagues, I hope this holiday season finds you healthy and surrounded by loved ones, particularly as we face so many challenges on every level of society and around the world. If you’re a CHE partner, I write now to invite you to reflect on the ways CHE may have supported your work […]
Elise Miller, MEd Director “Recycling” is a pretty commonplace word these days when it comes to cans and newspapers. But recycling is also considered one of the most brilliant inventions ever in evolutionary terms. In fact, as Dianne Dumanoski writes in her book, The End of the Long Summer, “Establishing these grand cycles [such as […]
‘Obesogens’, other environmental factors contribute to metabolic syndrome Based upon the May 7 CHE Partnership Call Conventional wisdom says that the meteoric rise in obesity and related health conditions – the early stages of which are now called metabolic syndrome – is due to the West having a bad case of “couch potato syndrome.” That […]
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