Tag: Public health
Fixing the global childhood obesity epidemic begins with making healthy choices...
Kathleen Trejo Tello, College of Charleston
The global childhood obesity epidemic has exploded. Over the past four decades, the...
Arsenic contamination of food and water is a global public health...
Cristina Andrade-Feraud, Florida International University and Diana Azzam, Florida International University
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in...
As bird flu continues to spread in the US and worldwide,...
Sara Sawyer, University of Colorado Boulder; Emma Worden-Sapper, University of Colorado Boulder, and Sharon Wu, University of Colorado Boulder
Regulating ‘forever chemicals’: 3 essential reads on PFAS
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release a draft regulation limiting two fluorinated...
Turning 50? Here are 4 things you can do to improve...
Jay Maddock, Texas A&M University
When the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve to mark the beginning of 2023,...
Train derailments get more headlines, but truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals...
Michael F. Gorman, University of Dayton
Less than two weeks after train cars filled with hazardous chemicals derailed in...
Bird flu has made a comeback, driving up prices for holiday turkeys
Yuko Sato, Iowa State University
An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has spread through chicken and turkey flocks...
How to steer money for drinking water and sewer upgrades to...
Andrian Lee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Melissa Scanlan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
When storms like Hurricane Ian strike, many people...
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Taking certain opioids while on commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the...
Ismaeel Yunusa, University of South Carolina
Taking oxycodone at the same time as certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs),...
