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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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Recent DEOHS graduate finds there’s no substitute for “getting your boots dirty” through experiences in the field

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DEOHS Associate Chair and Professor Richard Fenske to retire after 35-year career focused on workers and families in agricultural communities

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Managed retreat due to rising seas is a public health issue, says new study by UW DEOHS researchers

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Our future in the balance

New UN report warns the deteriorating condition of the global environment imperils health unless we act now  

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Close encounters

DEOHS professor studies how MRSA infection can be transmitted between humans and animals

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A global partnership for child health

DEOHS collaborates on a new project to study the cognitive impact of environmental toxicants on Kenyan children

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