In this webinar, Dr. Bhavna Shamasunder will explain the problems with current approaches to exposure assessment, and will describe ways in which EPA could improve its approach in the short term.
A new federal requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to those who are pregnant. But public health experts say not nearly enough is known about which work circumstances are dangerous for pregnancies.
Exposure to pesticides can have serious health and environmental impacts including poisoning wildlife, contaminating water, killing beneficial insects, and building up in the environment over time, leading to long-term contamination.
This year’s symposium will be a half-day event highlighting the outstanding and innovative environmental health sciences research conducted by our Early-Stage Investigators.
This Fund will support community groups working to ensure that all Philadelphia residents have a livable community, free of environmental toxins and hazards.
This Fund will support community groups working to ensure that all Philadelphia residents have a livable community, free of environmental toxins and hazards.
The HHS Office on Women’s Health will host a virtual symposium to convene federal and non-federal stakeholders in the fields of research, prevention, and treatment focusing on the impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals on women’s health and to explore actionable solutions addressing evidence to policy and practice gaps.
This presentation includes useful information on heavy metals in foods as well as strategies to recommend for families to reduce their exposure and special considerations for high risk populations.
The NEHA AEC is the event where environmental health professionals go to discover the latest solutions, best practices, innovations, and research in the industry.
The 2023 conference theme, Connecting Communities & Science through Addressing Environmental Exposures, will examine the ways in which individuals and organizations can work together to identify the exposures, work to reduce exposures and improve our communities.
Our annual symposium is set for Tuesday, July 18th with virtual and in-person attendance options.
A report will document the harmful impacts of plastic bottles on human health, environmental justice, and climate change. Mike Belliveau (Defend Our Health) will present highlights of the report.
In April 2023, Drexel University began a pilot program for organic land management at Drexel Park.
The Penn Nursing blog has a long feature on sustainability efforts across the school, including those of Center member Jianghong Liu, PhD, RN, FAAN.
You’re invited to the 2nd annual Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health Symposium. This event brings together Center membership, emerging investigators in the field, community partners and nonprofit organizations, as well as, other leaders dedicated to improving the health of children.
Webinar by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics will focus on how to keep well water healthy for children.
Organized by Penn Sustainability, Earth Week runs April 17-23 and will include dozens of events centered on the themes of environmental justice, climate, and nature-based solutions.
The 2023 Nursing Summit on Environmental Health, presented in partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Center on Children’s Health and the Environment, to bring together nurse leaders working at the intersection of health and the environment.
The NASEM report’s recommendations that include public health surveillance, as well as the critical need to educate health providers on environmental exposures and associated health effects will be discussed. Dr. […]
Center member Thomas Gluodenis, PhD, and Kemberly Stephens, DM, of Lincoln University of PA were awarded $25,000 for their pilot project, Assessing Childhood Exposure to Toxic Metals During 3-D Printing. […]
The February 25th Vox.com article on the East Palestine train derailment featured a quote from PRCCEH Center Deputy Director Dr. Marilyn Howarth.
This hybrid course will consist of four modules, three lectures, and one Q&A session, and last approximately four hours.
Marina Oktapodas Feiler’s research focuses on environmental hazards that can harm children’s health, particularly pre- and postnatal exposure to lead and chemicals in everyday items and the environment that can […]
Seminar featuring Suzanne E. Fenton, MS, PhD, Reproductive Endocrinology Lead from the Division of the National Toxicology Program at NIEHS/NIH
