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The cost of avoiding microplastics

September 19, 2024 | The Atlantic | Featured: Sheela Sathyanarayana | View

What to expect from the rest of wildfire season…and how to stay safe

September 18, 2024 | KQED | Featured: Joan Casey | View

How researchers measure wildfire smoke exposure doesn’t capture long-term health effects − and hides racial disparities

September 16, 2024 | The Conversation | Featured: Joan Casey | View

Extreme heat due to climate crisis puts people at greater risk of kidney disease

September 13, 2024 | The Guardian | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi | View

U.S. deaths from heat are dangerously undercounted

September 7, 2024 | Scientific American | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi | View

As Extreme Heat Becomes More Common, the Unprecedented Pacific Northwest Heat Dome Offers Lessons

September 6, 2024 | JAMA Medical News | Featured: Jeremy J Hess | View

How to minimise microplastic exposure from food, water, air, and clothes

August 31, 2024 | Business Standard | Featured: Sheela Sathyanarayana | View

Climate change poses health risks. But it’s hard to fight when state policy ignores it.

August 29, 2024 | Yahoo News | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi | View

How heavy rain can make you sick

August 27, 2024 | Popular Science | Featured: Karen Levy | View

Living in tree-filled neighborhoods may reduce risk of heart disease, study shows

August 27, 2024 | NBC News | Featured: Joan Casey | View