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Wildfire smoke can hurt you in surprising ways

August 26, 2024 | Bloomberg | Featured: Joan Casey | View

Heat Kills Thousands in the U.S. Every Year. Why Are the Deaths So Hard to Track?

August 23, 2024 | The New York Times | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi | View

Environmental justice boot camp offers training on solutions-driven research

August 21, 2024 | Harvard School of Public Health News | Featured: Joan Casey | View

Should you be worried about toxic metals in tampons?

August 19, 2024 | Right as Rain - UW Medicine | Featured: Catherine Karr | View

The climate crisis is a mental health crisis. Building smart-surface public spaces is an easy prescription

August 15, 2024 | New York Amsterdam News | Featured: Howard Frumkin | View

More than 47,000 people died in Europe last year due to heat, study estimates. Here are the countries most impacted

August 12, 2024 | CBS News | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi | View

New lawsuit claims worker died after being electrocuted at Tesla facility in Austin

August 8, 2024 | KVUE ABC | Featured: Richard J. Gleason | View

How King County’s newest park fits into a plan for extreme heat

August 6, 2024 | Seattle Times | Featured: Jeremy J Hess

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Wildfire smoke health effects: How to protect yourself in WA

August 6, 2024 | FOX 13 Seattle | Featured: Coralynn Sack | View

Everywhere and everlasting: How PFAS affect the human body

August 4, 2024 | Spokesman-Review | Featured: Catherine Karr | View