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Kathleen Moloney and Evan Mix stand outside with their backs against a brick wall.

New digital tool will help assess emergency preparedness

DEOHS researchers create new tool to improve emergency preparedness assessments for Washington state

| Lisa Hayward Watts

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4 students launch a boat to take samples from Lake Killarney. Two students are in the boat, two students are in the water wearing waders and are pushing the boat out into the lake.

Arsenic in the water

Shallow lake offers deep insight into lake chemistry

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Miriam Calkins tests samples on-site in an orchard. Photo: Jose Carmona.

On the front lines of climate change

Award-winning DEOHS student studies the risks outdoor laborers face with rising temperatures

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DEOHS Research Scientist Rachel Wood holds cotton swabs undergoing testing in a UW lab

The end of TB?

How a 100-year-old invention could revolutionize diagnosis of one of today’s deadliest diseases

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Close up of UW student Natalia Kowalchuk's hands holding a soldering iron as she builds an air monitor in a lab. Photo: Kayla Cayton.

What’s in the air

Innovative air-quality monitor developed by DEOHS student provides communities with real-time data at lower cost

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Rachel Shaffer bikes on a street in front of houses. Photo by Alex Kritchevsky.

Biking in dirty air

A DEOHS student considers whether the benefits of bike commuting outweigh the risks from breathing polluted air

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Ali, pictured on the left, assists with a swimming pool inspection. She and another woman sit on the concrete edge of a chlorinated pool with testing equipment and a clipboard.

From the Grand Canyon to remote Alaska

DEOHS student pursues passion for environmental health in some of America’s hardest-to-reach locations

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