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Climate change is predicted to harm children more than adults, according to a new report from The Lancet. A November 13, 2019 New York Times article about the report noted that if fossil fuel emissions aren’t limited in…
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…
Symposium tackles the effects of genes and environment in childhood
Dozens of experts gathered at Harvard Chan School for the 22nd annual John B. Little Symposium, “Early Life Impacts of Genes and Environment."
Near highways, air pollution getting into homes, schools
Dangerous levels of fine particulate air pollution have been found in homes, schools, and businesses near highways in Boston, according to new research. A September 23, 2019 WGBH News article described how Boston-area scientists, including Gary Adamkiewicz, assistant…
‘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…
Improving maternal environments to boost health everywhere
Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health are part of a new collaborative effort aimed at improving maternal health around the world by reducing toxic environments such as air pollution, stress, under-employment, lack of support and…
Air-blood barrier in immature lungs more permeable to nanoparticles
Using a rat model, researchers found that newborn lungs may have enhanced susceptibility to inhaled nanoparticles.
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…
Opinion: Medical community can help advance climate action
In the face of the current administration’s inaction on climate change, medical professionals can take steps to protect people from the health harms caused by increasing levels of carbon pollution, say two experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School…
Former EPA heads sound alarm on administration’s regulatory rollbacks
Former EPA heads from Democratic and Republican administrations raised the alarm about the agency’s direction.