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Every day activities such as drinking alcohol or exercising strenuously can raise an individual’s risk of a heart attack, and exposure to more potent triggers such as cocaine can significantly raise risk. But a new study finds that…
Aging light fixtures in New York City schools leaking PCBs
Inspections have revealed that elevated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, are leaking from aging light fixtures in many New York City public schools. HSPH’s Robert Herrick, senior lecturer on industrial hygiene, spoke to the Wall Street Journal on…
Environmental health news: Exposure to PCBs, dioxin appears to stunt growth in Russian boys
Russian boys exposed to unusually high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are smaller than their peers, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health researchers published in the January 2011 issue of Pediatrics. Boys with the…
Environmental health news: PCBs in schools
Robert Herrick, senior lecturer on industrial hygiene in HSPH’s Department of Environmental Health, discussed the health risks of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in schools, homes, and other buildings in a Dec. 21, 2010, interview on the Leonard Lopate Show…
From pond to pump
[ Winter 2011] HSPH student sees the future of energy production—and cleaner, healthier skies—in tiny green algae Birds no longer fall dead out of the sky in Mexico City. One of the most polluted spots on Earth 20 years…
BPA exposure in pregnant women
Joseph Braun, research fellow in the Department of Environmental Health, discusses BPA exposure in pregnant women. November 3, 2010 (5:48) Please click the player icon above to play this podcast in your browser. Alternatively, you may download the podcast…
Chemical compounds emitted from common household paints and cleaners increase risks of asthma and allergies in children
October 22, 2010 -- Young children whose bedrooms had high concentrations of fumes emitted from common household water-based cleaners and paints appear to have increased risks of doctor-diagnosed asthma, rhinitis, eczema, as well as multiple allergic diseases according…
New research program to focus on environmental health and child development
October 13, 2010 -- Harvard School of Public Health has been awarded a four-year, $11 million grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences to establish a Superfund Research Program. This network of university- based research projects…
Toxic chemicals used to build older Mass. schools
A Massachusetts elementary school closed earlier this month to remove caulk containing PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, but the potentially harmful chemicals are likely present in hundreds of other public buildings in the state. PCBs were added to commercial-grade…
Lead in the environment: No safe dose
September 2010 -- Philippe Grandjean, adjunct professor of environmental health, discusses the findings of a report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which concludes there is no known safe exposure to lead. (3:07) Abstract of Grandjean's commentary in The Lancet (Sept.…
