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Five people sit around a round table with a white tablecloth with papers, crayons, plastic water bottles. One person in a headscarf is speaking and the others are listening.

Toxic chemicals may be hiding in traditional eyeliners

Through community collaboration, research from the UW and the Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County finds elevated lead levels in traditional eyeliners

| Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County

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Smoky skies over the buildings, bridges and river of Spokane, Washington.

Preparing Washington’s second largest city for wildfire season

DEOHS researchers partner with Gonzaga University and others to make Spokane “smoke ready” with $1.1 million EPA grant

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A woman in a hard hat, safety jacket and gloves sets fire to a pile of brush with trees in the background.

Prescribed burning reduces wildfire smoke impacts

DEOHS-led research helps California forest managers assess smoke hazards from prescribed burns

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Tania Busch Isaksen talks with students outside on the UW campus.

Why major in Environmental Public Health?

5 questions for DEOHS Teaching Professor Tania Busch Isaksen

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Close-up on youth marching for climate action, with a sign with text "There is No Planet B" and a drawing of the Earth with bright lines surrounding it.

Centering young “climate heroes”

DEOHS-led project takes a collaborative approach to assessing extreme heat health risks in youth BIPOC communities

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Kids playing in a fountain

Our top stories of 2023

The year of community resilience: Counting down our most-read stories of 2023

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A collage of four photos of participants in the storymap: Paulina López, Robin Schwartz, Alberto J. Rodríguez and Maribel Pastor.

Building climate resilience along Seattle’s riverfront

New storymap highlights voices of the Duwamish Valley in concert with study results supporting the City of Seattle’s climate resilience efforts

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