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New center helps ready Northwest communities for disasters and public health emergencies
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UW and partners launch new project connecting sea to soil for climate resilience
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New UW research center on children’s environmental health in farming communities launches
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In the news

Could prolonged exposure to pollution lead to loss of independence in later life?
July 1, 2024 | University of Michigan News | Featured: Joel D. Kaufman View

Inequitable exposure to wildfire smoke
July 1, 2024 | Science Sessions podcast | Featured: Joan Casey View

Heat waves are getting names and ranks. Scientists aren’t sure it makes a difference.
June 28, 2024 | E&E News | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Microplastics are inside us all. What does that mean for our health?
June 27, 2024 | AAMC News | Featured: Sheela Sathyanarayana View

Visualized: the parts of the US where summer heat has risen the most
June 27, 2024 | The Guardian | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Levels of contamination in the Seine remain unsafe for Paris Olympians, report says
June 21, 2024 | NBC News | Featured: Karen Levy View

"Silent killer": US weather expert warns amid record-breaking temperature
June 20, 2024 | NDTV | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

How heat waves can kill...and how to stay safe
June 20, 2024 | Center for Science in the Public Interest | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

This week’s heat already feels like deep summer. Why that can be dangerous.
June 19, 2024 | Washington Post | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

This isn’t your grandparents’ summer heat
June 19, 2024 | Scientific American | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

‘Silent killer’: Heat could be deadlier in 2024 than ever before
June 18, 2024 | Mass Live | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Fuel to the fire: How climate change makes wildfire season worse
June 18, 2024 | MinnPost | Featured: Alison Cullen View

Here's why an Arizona medical examiner is working to track heat-related deaths
June 11, 2024 | NPR | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

No more lead in your eyeliner: New Washington state law bans toxic cosmetics
June 10, 2024 | KUOW | Featured: Diana Ceballos View

Lab experiment shows exactly how heat waves can put hearts into ‘oxygen debt’
June 10, 2024 | STAT News | Featured: Joel D. Kaufman View