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.
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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.
WATCH: From the Air We Breathe to the Food We Eat: Uncovering the Potential of the Exposome to Understand Health
Dr. Wright explains how the science of exposomics is transforming our understanding of environmental exposures on health trajectories, both for children and adults.
WATCH: Autism, ALS, and other Complex Neurological Disorders: Understanding Life-long Environmental Exposures and Risks for Disease
Dr. Arora discuss how environmental factors in utero and early childhood may play a key role in the development of autism, ALS, and other complex neurological diseases.
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
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.
WATCH: Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race
Dr. Shanna Swan, reproductive epidemiologist and senior author of this study, discusses the implications of the precipitous decline for human and planetary health, how everyday chemicals are impacting our fertility.
WATCH: Understanding Exposures to Cleaning Chemicals and Disinfectants in Latinx Domestic Cleaners in New York City
Common household products have ingredients that can be hazardous to your health. Dr. Harari discusses the risks that Latinx domestic cleaners face when using these products. He highlights preventive measures to take when working with products and ways to control exposures.
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.