Tag: children’s health
La Crosse virus is the second-most common virus in the US...
Rebecca Trout Fryxell, University of Tennessee
For the Laudick family of Greensburg, Indiana, life forever changed on Aug. 5,...
PFAS are showing up in children’s stain- and water-resistant products –...
Kathryn Rodgers, Boston University
Even if children’s stain- or water-resistant clothes are advertised as “green” or “nontoxic,” they might...
Disaster news on TV and social media can trigger post-traumatic stress...
Jonathan S. Comer, Florida International University and Anthony Steven Dick, Florida International University
When disasters strike, the flood of...
The EPA is banning chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on food...
Gina Solomon, University of California, San Francisco
On Aug. 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it...
I’m fully vaccinated – should I keep wearing a mask for...
Nancy S. Jecker, University of Washington
Fully vaccinated adults are celebrating their new freedom and removing their face masks....
Biden’s infrastructure plan targets lead pipes that threaten public health across...
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a proposal to upgrade the U.S. drinking water distribution system...
How safe is your baby food?
C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
Heavy metals including lead, arsenic and mercury can be found in commercial baby...
What are phthalates, and how do they put children’s health at...
Stephanie Eick, University of California, San Francisco
You may not realize it, but you likely encounter phthalates every day....
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
