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Child Health Learning Hub Schools & Childcare

15 Tips For A Healthy Halloween

Halloween is a fun time for kids: trick-or-treating, classroom parties, dressing up and costumes and more. But we understand safety is a concern for moms and dads, which is why we’ve come up with these 11 easy tips and tricks to make Halloween a safe and fun activity for all!

by sinaiexposomicsOctober 24, 2022October 25, 2022
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Child Health In the News

Prenatal Exposure to Chemicals in Consumer and Industrial Products Is Associated With Rising Liver Disease in Children

Researchers from the Institute for Exposomic Research at Mount Sinai found that the growing incidence of a potentially cancer-causing liver disease in children is associated with prenatal exposure to several endocrine-disrupting chemicals

by sinaiexposomicsJuly 15, 2022August 4, 2022
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Child Health Community HEALS

Examining the Impact of Air Pollution and Stress on Sleep Inequities in East Harlem Children: A Community-Engaged Pilot Project

A new study will examine the relationship between the built environment, community spread, and the likelihood of transmission of COVID-19 within school settings

by sinaiexposomicsMarch 25, 2022November 17, 2022
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Asthma Child Health In the News

Childhood Asthma Study Uncovers Risky Air Pollutant Mixtures

Researchers use a novel machine learning algorithm to discover that early exposure to a variety of toxic air pollutants can lead to poor asthma outcomes

by sinaiexposomicsNovember 22, 2021January 26, 2022
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Air Pollution Asthma Child Health In the News

In Utero Exposure to Tiny Pollution Particles in the Air Is Linked to Asthma in Preschoolers

Researchers from the Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research are first to find ultrafine particles from traffic pollution influences asthma risk in U.S. children

by sinaiexposomicsJune 15, 2021January 6, 2022
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Asthma Child Health Lunchtime Chats Webinar Social Environment

WATCH: Stress and Childhood Asthma: How to Protect Children

Dr. Wright reviews evidence linking psychological stress to asthma expression in children. She highlights protective effects of nutrition and the early caregiving environment. 

by sinaiexposomicsJune 9, 2021November 23, 2021
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Cancer Child Health Lunchtime Chats Webinar

WATCH: What Newborn Screening Dried Blood Spots Can Tell Us about Early Life Environmental Exposures that May Contribute to Disease

Dr. Petrick shares results from a groundbreaking study that showed differences in dry blood samples from healthy infants to infants that were later diagnosed with childhood leukemia.

by sinaiexposomicsJune 2, 2021May 3, 2022
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Asthma Child Health Lunchtime Chats Webinar

WATCH: Children’s Asthma and Reducing Environmental Triggers: Pediatric Perspectives

Webinar by: Lauren Zajac, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Erin Thanik, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai  

by sinaiexposomicsApril 21, 2021August 12, 2021
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Child Health Lunchtime Chats Webinar

WATCH: Translating Children’s Environmental Health Research into Program and Policy Change: Working Together Towards Environmental Health in All Policies

Webinar by: Maida P. Galvez, MD, MPH, Professor, Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

by sinaiexposomicsApril 14, 2021August 12, 2021
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Cancer Child Health Featured Studies

Novel ‘time travel’ method reveals links between early environmental exposure to childhood leukemia

Years-old dried blood spots collected from newborns hold vital clues in the discovery of early environmental exposure links to disease, new studies show.

by sinaiexposomicsFebruary 18, 2021May 3, 2022
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