Environmental & Public Health

From the production of plastics to their fates as waste or microplastics in the environment, marginalized communities are disproportionately impacted by them.

In this opinion piece, Kathryn argues that strong scientific research on women’s health is an antidote for conspiracy theories.

“Since some years ago, there have been concerns raised about potential cancer risks related to this particular food dye,” Bradman says in a California ABC10 video.

Jade Johnson was featured in a San Diego Union Tribune news article about a sewage pollution and monitoring crisis in the Tijuana River. Johnson is a researcher and project coordinator at SDSU Public Health. "We are conducting a...

After 18 years at the Center for Environmental Health, Sue Chiang started a new position with the San Francisco Environment Department as Senior Commercial Toxics Reduction Coordinator. Sue has worked throughout her career on reducing and...

“The hottest spots for dust are the lakes that are drying up, usually as a result of the human thirst for water.”

Cal Wellness works to protect and improve the health and wellness of the people of California by increasing access to health care, quality education, good jobs, healthy environments and safe neighborhoods.

The Agents of Change in Environmental Justice program, a partnership between EHN and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, has named Timnit Kefela as one of their fifth group of fellows. The program’s mission “is to empower...

“I am thrilled to be a part of the Health Equity Challenge because it gives me the opportunity to innovatively apply my research in collaboration with expert community organizers and skilled residents. Through my proposed Citizen Science training program, I hope to build the capacity of Watts residents to identify and address stationary sources in their community, with the long-term goal of moving the needle on health inequities.”