8 Tips From Scientists for a Greener New Year
Resolve to reduce your climate change impact in the new year by taking steps to reduce your carbon footprint – and encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same.
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Protecting Your Family From Ticks
Ticks are very small 8-legged bugs that can transmit diseases to humans (tick-borne diseases). It’s important to protect yourself and your family from tick bites
Healthy World, Healthy You
Join Isabella and Joel as they explore how the environment affects their health. Learn along with them through stories, coloring, and hands-on activities that show you how to take steps to improve the health of your family and community.
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
Using Environmental Health Science to Inform Public Policy to Better Protect Communities
Academic-community partnerships are key to educate the public and inform public policy
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.
WATCH: Toxic Soup: Using Science to Guide Better Choices at Home and Beyond
An open discussion on the important role that the environment – from where you live, to the air you breathe, to the products you put on your body – plays in your family’s health.
FEATURED STUDY: The Link Between Phthalates Exposure and Children Play Behavior
Higher levels of exposure to phthalates in early pregnancy stages are associated with less masculine types of play.