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National Institutes Of Environmental Health Sciences Highlight Professor Upal Ghosh’s Work Cleaning Contaminated Waterways
The positive environmental and health impacts of work led by Upal Ghosh, professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering at UMBC, was recently highlighted by the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The agency showcased a low-cost technology that Ghosh and his colleagues developed to clean waterways contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a group of likely carcinogenic chemicals that were used in insulation, coolants, and electrical equipment for decades before being banned in the U.S. in 1979. The chemicals are stable and persist in the environment, often accumulating in fish that live in contaminated waterways and posing a risk to humans who consume those fish. NIEHS funded Ghosh’s research…
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Marine Corps orders environmental, health, and safety inspections of all service barracks > United States Marine Corps Flagship > Press Release Display
PENTAGON — Effective immediately, Marine Corps Installations Command will conduct an environmental, health, and safety inspection of all Marine Corps barracks to ensure service compliance with its commitment to its residents to provide a safe, secure, clean, and consistent living standard across the unaccompanied housing enterprise. Marine Corps Installations Command has directed Installation Commanders to assign an E-7 or above active-duty service member or unaccompanied housing civilian equivalent outside of the chain of command to conduct the inspection, which are slated to be completed no later than March 15, 2024. “This effort allows us to get a one-time, complete assessment of the inventory, registered in the Enterprise Military Housing system…
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LionSafe helps Penn State better manage environmental health, safety needs
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) is implementing a new, cloud-hosted, software platform — LionSafe, powered by Salute. LionSafe is designed as a state-of-the-art, University-wide online system that allows employees to report issues, and EHS to track and address them. By providing a “one-stop shop” for the University community to manage or submit environmental health and safety information, LionSafe will help to reduce administrative burden by transitioning from historical email and paper-based documentation to a modern electronic system. Additionally, data collected in LionSafe will be analyzed to help drive ongoing development and enhancement of health and safety practices throughout Penn State locations, providing for…
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Environmental Factor – January 2023: American Indian and Alaska Native safety, health training showcased
The NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) network hosted a webinar highlighting organizations that train American Indian and Alaska Native workers and communities in hazardous materials safety, with funding from the NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP). The Dec. 7 webinar was the first of two PEPH webinars featuring WTP grantees and their efforts to deliver safety and health training to tribal communities. Helping underserved and rural tribes Riley discussed WRUC’s efforts and the hazards of disaster cleanup during a 2021 NIEHS Keystone Science Lecture. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Riley) WTP supports nonprofits across the U.S. that deliver training to workers who may face hazards on the job. WTP Director…
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Environmental Factor – January 2023: Transforming the understanding of human health and disease
NIEHS efforts have demonstrated how knowledge of the exposome, or the totality of our environmental exposures can be harnessed to transform research on human health and disease. Now, the publication of a high-impact, clinically relevant paper from a decades-long study of environmental exposures demonstrates that a framework known as precision environmental health is coming of age. Creating the evidence base Motsinger-Reif and Janet Hall, M.D., lead the PEGS initiative, which has enrolled more than 20,000 participants. To learn more, visit the PEGS website. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS) The Personalized Environment and Genes Study (PEGS) has collected health, family history, environmental exposures, and lifestyle data on more than…
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Warren County Environmental Health Electronics Disposal Information | KNIA KRLS Radio
Warren County Environmental Health Electronics Disposal Information | KNIA KRLS Radio – The One to Count On For residents who upgraded their electronics this holiday season, Warren County Environmental Health wants to remind residents of how to properly dispose of old computers and electronics without harming the environment. Options include donating your PC if it still works to a friend, family member, or charity, sell to a company for re-use, and recycling or disposing through an approved provider, as many cities and municipalities provide that service for a small fee. For more information, click below. https://www.warrencountyia.gov/government/public-safety/health-services/environmental-health/ 3325456932 Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac…
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WHO and Ministry of Health and Medical Education unveil joint strategies on environmental and occupational health – Iran (Islamic Republic of)
22 December 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, the WHO Country Office, the UN Resident Coordinator and the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran convened to unveil joint strategic priorities in environmental and occupational health. This event, held on 29 November, was the culmination of a visit of an Iranian mission to the WHO Regional Centre for Environmental Health Action. The purpose of this mission, headed by Dr Jafar Jandaghi, the Director-General of the Centre of Environmental and Occupational Health, was to discuss environmental and occupational health and share the country’s experiences, including during COVID-19, with the…
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What I learned reporting on environmental health in Pittsburgh in 2022
PITTSBURGH — Covering environmental health during an ongoing global pandemic felt tricky at first. Initially, it felt trite to talk about anything health-related that wasn’t the pandemic when the coronavirus was so obviously the greatest threat to our collective health. The pandemic is not over — the virus continues to kill hundreds of Americans every day — but as it wears on, it’s become clear that threats to our environmental health exacerbated the pandemic and made us more vulnerable to its impacts. Research suggests that climate change and habitat loss were likely underlying causes of the pandemic and that exposure to air pollution made people more vulnerable to the virus.…
