Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers are Health Hazards
Air and noise pollution generated by gas-powered leaf blowers (GLBs) pose multiple hazards to human health
Category: Outdoor Activities
Sun Exposure: Protecting Children
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.
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
Position Statement on the Use of Artificial Turf Surfaces
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 Experts Support Communities by Advocating for Natural Playgrounds and Fields over Hazardous Artificial Turf Surfaces
“We know that chemicals are present that wouldn’t be allowed in products for children,” says Sarah Evans, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
FEATURED STUDY: The Effect of Air Pollution on Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a major public health concern rising rapidly, with the number of people diagnosed with the disease worldwide more than doubling in the past 20 years. Researchers from the Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research found that exposure to air pollution was associated with higher risks for developing diabetes.
Protecting Children from Wildfire Smoke
Smoke from wildfires in Canada is affecting air quality in parts of the U.S. Northeast. Understand the risks to children and how to protect them.