The human population is more vulnerable to catastrophic pandemics than at any time since the Black Death.
Category: environmental health
How Green is Your Milk?
Soy milk seems to leave the smallest footprint on the environment.
On Losing Your Marbles
Several new studies suggest that air pollutants in general—gases as well as particles—may be responsible for widespread cognitive decline in the human population
William Schlesinger
air pollution, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, toxicology, water, water pollution
air pollution, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, toxicology, water, water pollution
Hurricane Florence: déjà-vu all over again.
Hurricane Florence provides a stark demonstration of how runoff and overflows can contaminate waterways with hog waste and coal-ash leachates.
Breast Cancer
The higher incidence of breast cancer since 1940 is consistent with the greater use and proliferation of various endocrine-like chemicals in the environment.
Breast feeding
Certainly providing a low-risk environment for human health carries some costs.
William Schlesinger
air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, toxicology
air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, toxicology
Science at the EPA
All actions by the Environmental Protection Agency should be taken on the basis of science—not from religious beliefs, from payoffs, or to satisfy the desires of special interest groups.
Lyme Disease
However you feel about climate change, there is little doubt and much worry about the spread of ticks and Lyme disease northward.
William Schlesinger
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty
Particulate Pollution
In the case of PM2.5 what you can’t see can hurt you.
William Schlesinger
environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, toxicology, waste, water, water pollution
environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, toxicology, waste, water, water pollution
Microplastics
Like booze, sex and profanity, plastics have become a sin.