EHN Originals

Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series, BPA’s evil cousin. BOSTON — The River Street bridge that crosses over train lines in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood was built in 1883 and its undergirding steel beams are rusted beyond repair, riddled with holes and flaking brown metal chunks. Above ground tells a similar story,…

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On Thursday, public health and environmental advocates gathered at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters to call on the agency to ban vinyl chloride, a cancer-causing chemical used to manufacture PVC plastic. Vinyl chloride made headlines in January when a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, released 1.1 million pounds of the chemical…

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What goes through your mind when you hear someone say they want to lose weight? “Eat less; exercise more,” right? That’s also our collective assumption about the global obesity epidemic — humanity is eating too much and moving around too little. If you aren’t familiar with this epidemic, let’s get you up to speed. It…

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Dr. Candis Hunter joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss implementation science and how it can turn research in healthy changes for communities. Hunter, an environmental health officer at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a senior Agents of Change in Environmental Justice fellow, also talks about motherhood,…

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Nearly all people have endocrine-disrupting chemicals in their bodies. Here’s what these chemicals are and how we can avoid exposure to them. What is an endocrine-disrupting chemical? Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, also known as EDCs, are natural or human-made substances that interfere with the healthy functioning of the body’s endocrine system. The endocrine system is made up…

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PITTSBURGH — A few years ago, Dr. Michael Boninger was thinking of leaving healthcare to pursue a job that would help address what he saw as the most pressing health issue of our time: the climate crisis. “I want the planet to be a safe place for my kids and my grandkids and the next…

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People living in Miami’s low-income neighborhoods knew it was dangerously hot. Whether they were waiting for a bus, working construction, or merely trying to sleep without air conditioning, they knew the ever-rising temperatures posed a threat to their health and well-being. That’s why Catalyst Miami, a community-based nonprofit, made extreme heat a top priority. But…

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In 2019, the sudden outbreak of a chemical fire wreaked havoc on the community of Deer Park, Texas. A closer look revealed years of neglect leading up to the fire and lax safety measures in its wake. This video draws from from the following investigative reporting by Public Health Watch and the Texas Tribune: For…

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In this second episode of our “Ask Pete Anything” series, we brought in experts from the Plastic Pollution Coalition to answer your questions about plastic. Check out the first episode where Environmental Health Sciences founder and chief scientist, Pete Myers, answers the question, “Are plastics a threat to national security? The video is part of…

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“Un hombre del Oeste se peleará por tres cosas: agua, mujeres y oro, normalmente en ese orden”. Aunque esta cita del ex senador por Arizona Barry Goldwater es anticuada, una cosa sigue siendo cierta: el agua en el Oeste sigue siendo fuente de angustias. Un claro ejemplo: en 2022, Arizona experimentó las peores condiciones de…

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