EHN Originals

It’s always interesting to what stories touch people. As with much of the internet, there often seems to be no real rhyme or reason. However, this year we found our audience remains engaged on PFAS chemicals in consumer products like oat milk and contact lenses. We also saw readers hungry for information on the East…

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Senior fellows JoRee LaFrance and Kevin Patterson join the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss energy production and use in their tribal communities and the challenges and opportunities to make it more sustainable. LaFrance is a member of the Apsáalooke (Crow Nation) and a Ph.D. candidate in the department of environmental science…

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it’s reviewing vinyl chloride under the Toxic Control Substance Act (TSCA), which could lead to restrictions or a ban on the widespread, toxic chemical. Vinyl chloride is used primarily to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics. The chemical is already classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a…

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Dr. Robbie Parks joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to give listeners a front row seat at the largest, most consequential climate change conference on the planet. Parks, a senior fellow of the Agents of Change program and assistant professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health,…

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Dr. Robbie Parks joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to give listeners a front row seat at the largest, most consequential climate change conference on the planet. Parks, a senior fellow of this program and assistant professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, traveled to Dubai…

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In the last few years it’s become undeniable that climate-driven disasters are affecting public health. Raging wildfires, monster hurricanes, extreme flooding and sweltering heat waves have destroyed homes and lives. But climate change is harming people in ways that don’t make national headlines, too. People are struggling to access contraception, conceive, carry pregnancies to term…

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Many everyday household products expose us to chemicals and pollutants. Few products, however, allow these chemicals to interact with our bodies as intimately as pads, tampons, menstrual cups and other period care products. The risks of exposure to potentially harmful chemicals in menstrual products is not equal for everybody. In a new paper, researchers drew…

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Ebony Martin joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss how Greenpeace has expanded its focus on voting and labor rights, peaceful dissent and protest, and free speech rights to push for environmental progress and justice. Martin, the executive director of Greenpeace, also talks about how the organization bolstered its staff diversity,…

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Fellows Dr. Carolyn Ramírez and Gabriel Gadsden join the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss some eye- and mind-opening books they’ve been reading on environmental justice. Ramírez, a staff scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Gadsden, a Ph.D. student of Environmental Sciences at Yale University’s School of the Environment, discuss…

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PITTSBURGH — Environmental Health News reporter Kristina Marusic joined NPR’s “Living on Earth” to discuss whether newly proposed fracking regulations in Pennsylvania could improve transparency about the chemicals used by the industry. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro recently announced that he has directed regulatory agencies in Pennsylvania to draft new regulations that would improve the disclosure…

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