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A nail technician wearing bright pink gloves and a white short sleeve salon jacket works on finger nails propped up on a cushion covered with a towel while the customer looks on. Nail products and a light are in the background.

Q&A: Nail salon air is filled with fragrance chemicals — could they harm workers’ health?

Many fragrances are used to mask undesired smells, adding to the chemicals in the air

| Alden Woods

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Outside view of the UW Hans Rosling Building, a glass and steel building with a sculpture of hanging gold threads in the lobby.

UW School of Public Health ranked 7th among US public health graduate programs

Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences ranked No. 7 in new US News & World Report ranking

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An older person in glasses looks at a laptop while sitting inside a house near a window.

The unseen community effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders

Early in the pandemic, adults over 65 reported poorest average well-being of those surveyed, according to DEOHS research in King County

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Five people in safety vests stand in front of a light rail train.

Understanding transit operators’ workplace needs

7 questions for PhD student Pranav Srikanth

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Rachel Shaffer stands in front of the White House in the evening.

DEOHS alum Rachel Shaffer joins White House Council on Environmental Quality

Technical training and freedom to explore at the UW led Shaffer to an EPA role assessing chemical safety and human health

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Shirley Huang stands on the roof of a building holding up a meter to take noise measurements, with a bridge in the background.

Improving air quality in homeless shelters

7 questions for PhD student Ching-Hsuan (Shirley) Huang

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Jorge Rivera-Gonzalez stands in a suit and tie in front of a fence and pasture with cows.

How workplace exposures influence dairy workers' health

8 questions for PhD student Jorge Rivera-Gonzalez

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