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Children who are exposed to the highest levels of fine-particulate air pollution during pregnancy are more likely to have high blood pressure compared with children exposed to the least pollution, according to a new study published in the…
Mission to serve
For Kevin Cummiskey, PhD ’18, the altruistic ideal that guides him in his military career is also what led him to the field of public health—the opportunity to serve the greater good May 17, 2018 – Public service…
Proposed car emission rollbacks questioned
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan to undo an Obama-era rule requiring vehicles to average 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2025, announced April 2 by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, will harm air quality and public health,…
Former EPA head on why Clean Water Rule, Clean Power Plan should stay in place
Federal environmental regulations such as the Clean Water Rule and the Clean Power Plan shouldn’t be struck down by the Trump Administration just because they were issued under President Obama, according to Gina McCarthy, former administrator of the…
Short-term exposure to low levels of air pollution linked with premature death among U.S. seniors
Short-term exposures to fine particulate air pollution and ozone—even at levels well below current national safety standards—were linked to higher risk of premature death among the elderly in the U.S. according to a new study.
Chemical exposure costs globally higher than thought
Costs associated with environmental chemical exposures worldwide may exceed 10% of the global gross domestic product, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researcher and EHESP School of Public Health in France.…
Pollution has steep price in lives lost, economic damages
Toxic air, water, and soil contribute annually to 9 million deaths and $4.6 trillion in economic damages globally, according to a new report by the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. Illness and death related to pollution in less-developed…
Replacing Clean Power Plan could cost lives, money
President Trump’s plan to replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan with a more limited option would lead to more heart attacks, hospital admissions, and premature deaths from fine particle air pollution in certain parts of the U.S.,…
Message from the Dean: The Big Picture
One of the singular facts about the public health profession is that it is not singular—it is vast, interconnected, systemic, behavioral, quantitative, qualitative, pragmatic, and, of course, idealistic. This issue of Harvard Public Health illustrates the capaciousness of…
Even ‘green’ homes contain hazardous chemicals
Thirty remodeled “green” public housing units in Boston were each found to have at least one toxic chemical — including concentrations of formaldehyde that exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s cancer-based screening level — in the air both…