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 seemingly getting the federal government out of the business...
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 Bonds. Listen to it on their website.
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 among the highest in the world, climbing from 12...
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, late-season wildfires in California have been especially destructive. But...
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, horse pastures and lush river valley, has been transformed....
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 a simple reality: Access to cash can equate with...
From the NIEHS Partnerships in Environmental Public Health: “‘The institute has helped shift the nature of environmental health research at Northeastern,’ Brown said. ‘It has really helped researchers understand the importance of looking at things...
From The Intercept: “‘Every PFAS that has been studied is causing problems,’ said [Dr. Linda] Birnbaum, whose agency [NIEHS] funds scientific research into the chemicals. ‘Even if they have a shorter half-life, if it has a...
From News@Northeastern: “New research‚ from Northeastern University and the Environmental Working Group, shows toxic chemical pollution found in tap water systems that serve 15 million Americans in 27 states as well as in more...