Healthandenvironment.org

Staff, Consultants & Advisors

WebCollaborative for Health & Environment. PO Box 316. Bolinas, California 94924. The Collaborative for Health & Environment's (CHE's) primary mission is to strengthen the …

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Built Environment — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebOur built environment includes all the human-made physical spaces where we live, recreate and work. These include our buildings, furnishings, open and public spaces, roads, …

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The Big Picture — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebThe Big Picture. Health is wholeness. It’s a concept that cannot apply solely to an individual since people and other beings have always lived within families, communities, …

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Socioeconomic Environment — Collaborative for Health

WebSocioeconomic Environment. Our "environment" includes both social and physical determinants of health. Social impacts on health are embedded in the broader …

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Health, Diseases & Disabilities

WebHealth, Diseases & Disabilities. CHE follows scientific research on any health concern linked to environmental contributors, which means everything besides hereditary factors …

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Because Health — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebCEH is a 25-year-old organization leading the nationwide effort to protect people from toxic chemicals. Their multi-pronged approach uses science, policy, …

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Air Quality — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebUS Environmental Protection Agency 1. Both outdoor (ambient) air quality and indoor air quality have far-reaching health impacts, including heart disease, stroke, chronic …

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A Story of Health E-Book

WebA Story of Health is an e-book on how to promote health and prevent disease. This is an interactive document with multiple chapters featuring prompts for embedded information …

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Environmental Health — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebEnvironmental health is the field of public health focused on how chemicals, toxins, and other factors that people encounter every day impact health and how those impacts can …

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Psychosocial Environment — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebRisks for Stress: Riskscapes. A riskscape, or landscape of risks, captures the overlapping threats to health occurring in a physical location that increase risk for disease. 4 An …

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Lead — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebLead. Lead is a metal found naturally in the earth's crust. 1 In nature, it is found more often in chemical compounds than as a pure metal. Even minute exposures can have …

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Cardiovascular Disease Research and Resources

WebCardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death both worldwide and in the United States, with mortality rates increasing worldwide. 4 In 2014, CVD was responsible for …

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Research to Real Life: How Scientific Research Affects YOU

WebThe Superfund Research Program at Boston University (BU SRP) is an NIEHS-funded program that studies the effects of exposures to substances commonly encountered in …

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Informing Change in Public and Environmental Health Policy

WebDioxin is a good example of how regulations have helped reduce environmental emissions in the US. Overall, industrial, municipal and transportation dioxin emissions have declined …

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Alcohol — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebToxicity symptoms from consumption of ethyl alcohol include memory loss, inebriation, dehydration and depression of the central nervous system. Longer-term health effects …

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A Holistic Approach to Public Health: Addressing Toxic …

WebA Holistic Approach to Public Health: Addressing Toxic Exposures, Environmental Justice and Intergenerational Trauma November 28, 2018 Lynn P. …

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Gene-Environment Interactions & Epigenetics

WebAlmost all complex chronic diseases are influenced by gene-environment interactions. We provide an introduction to genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of health, disease and …

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Pesticides — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebPesticides kill unwanted organisms: animals, plants, fungi, microbes and more. The mechanisms by which they are able to kill may also be harmful to humans. Pesticides …

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The Social and Scientific Discovery of a Class of Emerging …

WebJune 2017 Conference: Highly Fluorinated Compounds – Social and Scientific Discovery, Northeastern University • Support: National Institute of Environmental Health …

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PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO EDCS AND EVELOPMENTAL …

WebPRENATAL EXPOSURE TO EDCS AND DEVELOPMENTAL AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN A NEW YORK CITY COHORT Frederica Perera DrPH, PhD The Columbia Center for …

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