SSEHRI Director, Prof. Phil Brown, was interviewed on July 31, 2019 by WBUR’s Bob Oaks on Morning Edition, to talk about the health impacts of…
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Category: SSEHRI in the News
Lauren Richter Testifies on PFAS at RI Hearing
On April 10th, Lauren Richter provided testimony on behalf of Silent Spring Institute in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, Committee on Health, Education, and…
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Wylie’s ‘Fractivism’ Receives 2018 Diana Forsythe Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Sara Wylie, for receiving the 2018 Diana Forsythe Prize for her groundbreaking book, Fractivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds. Dr. Wylie, an Assistant Professor…
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Environmental Data and Governance Initiative Publishes on EPA Regulatory Capture in “The Conversation”
“EPA staff say the Trump administration is changing their mission from protecting human health and the environment to protecting industry” has been published on The…
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States Are Doing What Scott Pruitt Won’t
From the New York Times: “Federal action on chemicals seems to be slowing, even as the number we encounter daily grows. With the Trump administration…
View More States Are Doing What Scott Pruitt Won’tWhat’s New Podcast – Fractivism
The Northeastern University Libraries‘ podcast What’s New has a new episode featuring SSEHRI core faculty member Sara Wylie, discussing her new book Fractivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical…
View More What’s New Podcast – FractivismScholars’ ‘Flash Talks’ Explore Resilience, from Health to Media Innovation
From News@Northeastern: “Puerto Rico is home to more than 200 hazardous waste sites and particularly high levels of air pollution. Its preterm birth rate is…
View More Scholars’ ‘Flash Talks’ Explore Resilience, from Health to Media InnovationOpinion: Wildfires like the Wine Country’s affect rich and poor differently
From The Mercury News by SSEHRI affiliate faculty member Alissa Cordner: “There has been widespread public attention to wildfires this summer and fall, and the fast-moving,…
View More Opinion: Wildfires like the Wine Country’s affect rich and poor differentlyThat rotten stench in the air? It’s the smell of deadly gas and secrecy
From the Toronto Star and the National Observer series The Price of Oil: “The view from the front porch, once a landscape of rolling hills,…
View More That rotten stench in the air? It’s the smell of deadly gas and secrecyExtreme heat – an “unseen threat” – burns U.S. urban poor
From Thomson Reuters Foundation News: “Sharon Harlan, a professor of health sciences and sociology at Northeastern University in Boston, says she and colleagues have discovered…
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