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Hannah McKinley named 2024 DEOHS Outstanding Undergraduate Student
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EPA tightens air quality standard for soot emissions
DEOHS Professor Lianne Sheppard contributed to new rule as chair of EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
LEARN MOREEating ultraprocessed and fast foods in pregnancy may increase phthalate exposure
Chemicals that increase health risks for a developing fetus shed from ultraprocessed food packaging, DEOHS faculty member Sheela Sathyanarayana shows
LEARN MOREPreparing 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
LEARN MOREPrescribed burning reduces wildfire smoke impacts
DEOHS-led research helps California forest managers assess smoke hazards from prescribed burns
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5 questions for DEOHS Teaching Professor Tania Busch Isaksen
LEARN MORECentering young “climate heroes”
DEOHS-led project takes a collaborative approach to assessing extreme heat health risks in youth BIPOC communities
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