written by Elise Miller, MEd Director Last week I had the privilege of participating in the Children’s Environmental Health Summit, organized by the Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT). Not only were there presentations by some of the luminaries in environmental health research and long-dedicated health advocates from around the country, there were also powerful […]
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 In 2000, a bipartisan Congressional vote established the National Children’s Study (NCS). This birth-cohort study was intended to follow 100,000 US children from the prenatal period to age 21 in order to better understand the impacts of chemical exposures and other environmental factors on children’s health and development. Fourteen […]
To commemorate World Environmental Health Day this year and its focus on children’s environment and health, CHE is publishing a series of short essays from partners who are leaders in children’s environmental health. written by Maida Galvez, MD, MPH CHE Partner As an environmental pediatrician and mom, I worry about the thousands of chemicals that […]
To commemorate World Environmental Health Day this year and its focus on children’s environment and health, CHE is publishing a series of short essays from partners who are leaders in children’s environmental health. written by Frederica Perera, DrPH CHE Partner The protection of children, and especially poor children, from air pollution and climate change resulting […]
written by Nancy Hepp, MS Research and Communications Specialist Beginning with this post, these columns will be focused on one issue and will be posted as topics emerge rather than on a strict weekly schedule. Exposure to chemicals, radiation, dust, heat and other stressors at work are a perennial concern. Recent items highlight some of […]
written by Nancy Hepp, MS Research and Communications Specialist This post was updated to correct and clarify misleading statements on July 16th. Electronics, Electrical Fields, and Radiation Televisions are still dominant, but computers, mobile phones, tablets and other electronic devices are capturing more and more of children’s attention and waking hours. In Screen addiction is […]
written by Nancy Hepp, MS Research and Communications Specialist Green Space and Cognitive Development An article in Pacific Standard this week reported on a study finding that green space at school, at home and on the commute is associated with greater working memory and attentiveness in school-age children. This finding is similar to one from […]
written by Nancy Hepp, MS Research and Communications Specialist Improving air quality Two items this week relate to actions that can improve air quality. The first from Living On Earth reports on efforts and positive outcomes in Pennsylvania to reduce exhaust by cutting down idling by school buses: School bus pollution is dangerous, and efforts […]
Elise Miller, MEd, CHE Director, and Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, Science Director at SEHN and CHE, contributed the following article to the current edition of San Francisco Medicine, focused on human health and the environment, and especially the effects of early-life exposures. The full article can be found on the San Francisco Medical Society’s website. […]
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