New tougher U.S. air pollution standards shaped by Harvard Chan School research
Stricter new federal regulations on deadly fine particulate air pollution in the U.S. were announced on February 7—and Harvard Chan School research played a key role in the decision.
Groundbreaking air pollution study marks 30 years
The Harvard Six Cities Study, which had a profound impact on efforts to curb air pollution in the U.S., turned 30 in December. The study found that fine particulate pollution was linked with mortality at much lower levels…
Trump plan would limit research used to protect public health
A new proposal from the Trump Administration would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using certain types of data to help create public health-related regulations. Experts say the proposed rule would undermine the science that underpins important…
‘Revolutionary’ study showed air pollution’s dangers
A new book on air pollution devotes an entire chapter to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Six Cities City, which helped pave the way for strengthened U.S. regulations on fine particulate matter. The book, Gary Fuller’s…
Renewal of NIEHS grant paves way for new research on how complex environmental exposures affect health
August 8, 2019 – With the renewal of a major federal grant, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s NIEHS Center for Environmental Health will focus on a broad new objective—the exploration of how a wide variety of…
Proposed gas compressor station in Massachusetts poses air pollution risks
Residents of Weymouth, Massachusetts, have clashed with the energy company Enbridge over the company’s plans to build a gas compressor station in their town, according to news reports. Environmental activists, public health experts, and physicians have all voiced…
In Africa and Middle East, researchers examine links between environment and health
November 8, 2018 – Dust storms in Kuwait. Tourism in Tunisia. Air pollution in Uganda. Three different countries facing three different challenges. A common thread? Harvard T.H. Chan School researchers are working in each setting to understand how…
Major Harvard Chan studies concur: Air pollution boosts U.S. death rates
Twenty-five years ago, the Harvard Six Cities Study drew a strong link between exposure to fine particulate air pollution and increased risk of early death in six U.S. cities. Last year, another Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…
Tackling the asthma-obesity link in Boston communities
Inspired by concerns expressed by residents of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood—where rates of both asthma and obesity are high—researchers from the Community Outreach and Engagement Core of the Harvard NIEHS-Center for Environmental Health (COEC) organized a workshop to discuss…
How does air pollution affect health?
August 2015 -- In our new video series, “Take 2,” faculty and researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health provide the lowdown on a compelling, engaging question in global health–think of it as Public Health 101.…