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Photo of a community by the water in Washington State

Relocating for climate change

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

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Managed retreat due to rising seas is a public health issue

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Seattle air

The effects of air pollution are often invisible, but not insignificant

UW researchers are finding that air pollution can harm the human body in a wide variety of ways, possibly even causing autism and cardiovascular disease.

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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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A person hands an ice cream cone to a monkey perched on a temple wall in Nepal.

Close encounters

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

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Four smiling children look up at the camera.

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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Traffic backed up underneath a bridge.

Air pollution and autism

New DEOHS study shows how exposure to air pollution early in life may lead to autism

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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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Photo of Roundup herbicide product. Photo via Alamy.

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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