Karin Russ, MS, RN, CHE’s Fertility and Reproductive Health Working Group Coordinator Years ago, I was a nurse caring for a patient who had just had her sixth miscarriage. She was, as one might expect, emotionally devastated and searching for answers as to why this might have happened. At the time, some potential physiological causes […]
written by Laura N. Vandenberg, PhD Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences Reprinted with permission from Environmental Health News Cancer. Diabetes. Autism. Infertility. ADHD. Asthma. As the rates of these diseases increase over time, the public and researchers alike have […]
The NCEH/ATSDR award given to A Story of Health The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) have honored A Story of Health multimedia eBook/continuing education course with an “Excellence in Communications” award. NCEH and ATSDR are agencies of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
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 Elise Miller, MEd Director If your holidays were like mine, you gathered with extended family to celebrate. Mixed with the sharing of good cheer, you may have also learned that your cousin has been suffering severe asthma attacks or your young niece was diagnosed with childhood leukemia or your grandson is having difficulty […]
Dear CHE Colleagues, “A good start lasts a lifetime.” That’s what Linda Birnbaum’s mother told her when Birnbaum was growing up. Now Dr. Linda Birnbaum is Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and works tirelessly to ensure we all get a good start in life by reducing exposures to toxic chemicals during […]
written by Ted Schettler, MD, MPH Science Director for CHE and the Science and Environmental Health Network Phthalates are a family of chemicals used in many consumer products, mainly as softeners of plastics and sometimes as solvents. As a result, human exposures are ubiquitous. In recent years, many laboratory and epidemiologic studies have shown that […]
Elise Miller, MEd CHE Director Sometimes it’s hard to see how CHE’s work of bringing attention the emerging environmental health science links directly with the health of a particular community or population. Over this past week, residents of Charleston, West Virginia, and others living along the Elk River have experienced first-hand how a major chemical […]
For the third quarter of 2013, CHE has selected stories and studies that come from a wide range of environmental health topics. Comments are welcome. Drug-resistant ‘superbugs’ deemed urgent threats: US report “For organism after organism, we’re seeing this steady increase in resistance rates,” Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, said in a telephone […]
written by Elise Miller, MEd CHE Director For those concerned about environmental impacts on reproductive health, the stars have aligned. Last month, the University of California, San Francisco’s Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) honored three exceptional leaders: Teresa Woodruff, PhD, the new president of The Endocrine Society; Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, president […]
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