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A person's hand is visible wiping down a steering wheel with a wet wipe.

Color-changing wipes spot lead in homes and cars

New UW and Boston University study validates simpler, cheaper lead screening method for families

| Jillian McCoy

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Emily Do stands in front of a large sign reading "NEHA - National Environmental Health Association. Healthy Environments. Protected Communities. Empowered Professsionals."

On the job: Emily Do

DEOHS undergrad keeps local schools safe and healthy with Public Health – Seattle & King County

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Worker holds spray can over materials on a work bench. They have gloves and a work suit on with a work helmet on their head.

How politics influence workplace health and safety 

Jordan Barab, former deputy assistant secretary for US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, presents Breysse Lecture on October 16

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A worker performs anti-mosquito fogging. The worker is in shadow on a dark street with billows of smoke rising up in the air.

Warming climate drives surge in dengue fever cases

Dengue incidence could rise 76% by 2050 in parts of the world, according to new study by DEOHS faculty member Marissa Childs and colleagues

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Elijah Morales smiles while sitting outside on steps in front of columns in the background.

On the job: Elijah Morales

DEOHS MS Applied student supports safety at Holland America cruise line

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Person with short curly brown hair and glasses sits in a lab near a counter full of test tubes and other equipment.

On the job: Katrina Gunvaldson

Environmental public health major Katrina Gunvaldson helps test for biotoxins, working toward safer shellfish by the seashore

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Sophia Li smiles wearing sunglasses and a hat and holding a mosquito trap outside with a dirt trail, trees and bushes, and a lake in the background.

On the job: Sophia Li

DEOHS undergrad surveys for West Nile virus and harmful algal blooms at Yakima Health District through Hatlen Scholarship

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