written by Elise Miller, MEd Director Imagine: You want to find out what in the environment might be contributing to a health issue you or loved ones are facing. You come across this highly integrated, science-based, straightforward, streamlined, easy-to-navigate website. On one page, it not only provides a comprehensive summary of your topic of interest, […]
written by Elise Miller, EdM Director The scientific evidence is mounting that glyphosate-based herbicides, which are the most heavily applied in the world, may not be the panacea for feeding the world’s hungry as its proponents have argued. A year ago the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that glyphosate (also known […]
The ten biggest news or research stories of the last quarter, in CHE’s view. Climate Change Climate change continues to receive attention, from top-level activities to broad new investigations of health impacts. Pope delivers strong message on climate change in encyclical ‘Laudato Si’‘: In his much-awaited encyclical on the environment, Pope Francis offered a broad and […]
written by Nancy Hepp, MS Research and Communications Specialist CHE has been publishing a news feed for several years. We also take a subset of those news stories, journal articles, and announcements that specifically address Your Health — information that you might find useful in safeguarding or improving your own health or that of your […]
These are the environmental health stories, studies and reports that we think are most significant from the last three months. Comments are invited. Global toll of pollution on health The scope and depth of pollution worldwide and its significant toll on health and lifespan is underscored in these new reports. WHO: Air pollution top environmental […]
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 […]
Elise Miller, MEd Director This month is the first-ever National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. The fact we even have to raise awareness on this debilitating condition is a sad reflection on the current health of our society, particularly our children’s. Even sadder yet is the fact that obesity is associated with a number of other […]
Sandra Steingraber, PhD CHE Partner This essay is reprinted with permission from Sandra’s “Living Downstream” website. The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value. —Theodore Roosevelt (inscribed on the wall of the U.S. Capitol Building) On […]
Elise Miller, MEd Director Most of us have heard of Michael Pollan’s ‘An Eater’s Manifesto’: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Excellent advice for those of us who are fortunate enough to have a variety of food choices. The challenge of course is that our current industrialized food system (and related sectors such as […]
Dear President-Elect Obama: We write as Partners in the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, a national and international partnership dedicated to protecting the health of our families and communities. Our 3000 Partners include patient group representatives, health professionals, scientists, government officials, environmental health advocates, and citizens from over 48 states and 45 countries. We […]
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