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Chronic, low-level lead poisoning is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults and cognitive deficits in children.
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The study underscores the need for stronger policies to protect pregnant individuals and offspring, particularly during vulnerable, early life-stage of development.
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A new commentary found that power plants’ use of these devices saved up to 9,100 lives and up to $100 billion in health costs in 2023.
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New research finds a cumulative beneficial effect of these policies both city-wide and among residents in communities disproportionately affected by air pollution.
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- April 7, 2023
In the middle of a controversy around the potential regulation of gas stoves, news media turned to Darby Jack for insights into related health risks.
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- April 6, 2023
Professor Lew Ziska speaks about his interdisciplinary project to develop an app to help consumers make healthy food choices that also support climate goals.
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- March 23, 2023
Stronger regulations lowering levels of fine particulate air pollutants would benefit the health of Black Americans and low-income Americans the most.
- March 16, 2023
Chronic toxicity tests conducted on behalf of Monsanto revealed certain products were toxic but they were not forthcoming about what they knew.
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- March 9, 2023
Researchers found that two groups of dogs living within the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone showed significant genetic differences between them. They rarely interbreed.
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- February 28, 2023
The School hosted its first Global Health Certificate seminar, an abbreviated screening of the award-nominated BBC documentary Under Poisoned Skies.
- February 28, 2023
New research on NYC's Open Streets program--launched during COVID-19--is among the first to investigate the unintended impacts of the policy.
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- February 20, 2023
Answering complex research questions requires the right kind of analytical tools. One of the most powerful of these tools is Bayesian modeling. But what is it exactly, and what are its advantages?
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- February 20, 2023
Elevated levels of air pollutants are associated with bone damage among postmenopausal women, according to new research led by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
- February 3, 2023
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