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April 20, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Environmental Protection Agency is inviting people to write six-word “micro essays” about Earth in observance of Earth Day this Sunday. Many of the micro-essays will be featured on the EPA home page and on the EPA’s social media channel. EPA Adm ...
April 9, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Department of the Interior has released the "Environmental Justice Strategic Plan 2012-2017." The plan sets forth goals, strategies and measures to help the Interior Department work more effectively with disadvantaged communities to reduce envir ...
March 29, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Do couches need a pound of flame retardant that may pose its own health risk? A recent presentation at the Harvard School of Public Health looked at flame retardants, found in some household goods, that have been linked in some studies to cancer, fe ...
March 22, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Today is World Water Day and in remarks at the State Department this morning, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pointed out that the U.S. is not immune to the issue. “We are pursuing this not only because we care about it around the world; we care ...
May 10, 2011 | New Public Health Post
The May 2011 issue of Health Affairs, which focuses entirely on environmental health (see the NewPublicHealth interview with Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Susan Dentzer) includes an article by Bobby Milstein, PhD, MPH, and colleagues on the critica ...
April 16, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Recommended Viewing: No Butts
April 12, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Health & Society Scholar Sammy Zahran discusses his study that finds children in Detroit may be exposed to lead from contaminated soil.
November 16, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Among the impacts of the East Coast’s Hurricane Sandy have been tens of thousands of uprooted trees, contaminated water and tons of compromised food. A recent article in the Journal of Environmental Health Natural recommends that environmental healt ...
October 19, 2012 | New Public Health Post
In a new interview with Ramona Trovato, Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NewPublicHealth continues its conversation series about the National Prevention Strategy. The strategy was released last year by Sur ...
August 30, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A Q&A with RWJF Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research recipient Matthew C. Nisbet on framing issues in a way that motivates action.