Blogs: Environmental Health, Human Health

Biophilic design is the practice of connecting people and nature within our built environments and communities. It prioritizes integrating innovative building materials and techniques into living spaces that are beneficial to our health. People spend around 90....

The Building Clean project is interested in shaping research and educational materials that can help builders take a health-centered approach to understand building products, including what chemicals of concern are in building products and how to identify and....

Interest in the relationship between health and housing has grown in recent years. Researchers have begun to look at the many characteristics within the built environment that influence an individual’s physical and mental health and well-being. Enhancements in....

A HIDDEN PROBLEM Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can cause lung cancer. Radon is released as radioactive metals uranium, thorium, and radium break down in rocks, soil, and groundwater. It enters homes primarily through openings in the....

That’s right. It failed. Water Quality Awareness Month is the perfect time to look at how our nation’s failing water infrastructure is impacting health. Turns out that U.S. cities rely on pipes that are, on average, a century old. Age combined with strain from....

The drinking water systems of approximately 19 million people have been contaminated by a class of chemicals known as PFAS, according to a recent report by the Environmental Working Group and Northeastern University. The study found 610 contaminated sites in....

Researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark used satellite data to go back over 20 years to approximate proximity to green space when study participants were 10 years old or younger. That data was then linked with the Danish Psychiatric Central Research....

1. Closer to the ground means more exposure to chemicals. Our pets are at a higher risk to chemical exposure in our homes than we are. Because many pets spend the majority of their lives in the home, are (usually) smaller than people, and live (usually) mostly....

Estimated property damage from natural disaster from 2017-2018 was nearly $400 billion , but that is the least of the storms’ impacts. During Hurricane Harvey, damaged oil refinery equipment led to an estimated one million pounds of chemicals such as benzene....

With an average $3,300 in medical expenses per person a year , asthma is a costly condition that often leads to missed days of school or work, hindering education and advancement. In 2013, children ages 5 to 17 missed 13.8 million days of school—with an....