Our World, Our Challenge

Explore HSPH's contribution to environmental health science -- from protecting workers from toxic exposures to investigating the subtler health impacts of air pollution -- through interviews and footage of faculty and students in the Department of Environmental Health. Segments include: impact of chemicals on reproductive health; launch of an international environmental health initiative in Cyprus; world's finite water supply; development of tools, such as the confocal microscope; association between obesity and asthma; use of proteomics in environmental health studies; and gene-environment interactions.

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Hard copies of "Our World, Our Challenge" video are available in limited supply at a nominal fee. Contact the Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, (617) 432-1270.