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Helping students spread their wings
Assistant Professor Marissa Baker is the 2024 DEOHS Outstanding Faculty Mentor
| Deirdre Lockwood
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Can Roundup cause cancer?
New study from DEOHS researchers finds exposure to commonly used weed killer increases risk of some cancers
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Bilingual app to keep farmworkers safe
First-of-its-kind mobile app developed by DEOHS provides pesticide safety information in Spanish
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Feels like home
Brianna Willis, SPH master’s fellowship winner, forges a new path in One Health
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Public health change-maker
Forty years after launching the DEOHS toxicology program, Professor David Eaton will retire
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Changing the rules on toxic emissions
DEOHS researchers say EPA proposal on mercury emissions would make air pollution tougher to regulate
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A deep dive into environmental health
Join us each Thursday for this winter's new Environmental Health Seminar series
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