Solar radiation is hazardous for children. Blistering sunburns in childhood and adolescence are especially dangerous and are strongly associated with increased risk of skin cancer. Blond or red-haired and blue-eyed children, who often have lighter complexions, are at highest risk of solar injury, because their skin contains smaller quantities of the protective pigment, melanin, than children with darker complexions.
The Mount Sinai Children’s Environmental Health Center at the Institute for Exposomic Research recommends against the installation of artificial turf playing surfaces and fields due to the uncertainties surrounding the safety of these products and the potential for dangerous heat and chemical exposures.
Mount Sinai’s Region 2 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) collaborated with local organizations in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico to support the reopening of La Marquesa Forest Park, a lush forest reserve of approximately 600 acres.
A new study by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reveals that prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals and endocrine disruptors may pose significant risks to liver health for both mothers and their newborns. Additionally, the researchers found that treating folic acid and other B vitamin deficiencies in pregnancy may help counter some of the adverse effects of prenatal exposures on the livers of children.
A new study published in Communications Medicine – Nature sheds light on the profound health effects of environmental and chemical exposures experienced by rescue and recovery workers after the 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) attacks.
In a research letter published in Gastroenterology, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai explore the association between earlier chemical exposures, particularly mixtures of pesticides, and risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).
Idling is when engines are left running while the vehicle is parked. Idling motors can create twice as much pollution to the environment and poses a risk to everyone’s health.
Mining used in cryptocurrency consumes massive amounts of electricity, often sourced from non-renewable resources like coal power, leading to significant carbon emissions and air pollution. Air pollution poses serious risks to public health, impacting almost every organ system and has been connected to higher overall mortality rates.
Lead is a naturally occurring metal that has been used for thousands of years in a wide variety of products. There is no safe level of lead exposure.
Asbestos is a natural fiber that has been banned in some products in the US due to its harmful health effects, including cancer.
