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Because Health — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebCEH is a 25-year-old organization leading the nationwide effort to protect people from toxic chemicals. Their multi-pronged approach uses science, policy, litigation, and …

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The Big Picture — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebThe Big Picture. Health is wholeness. It’s a concept that cannot apply solely to an individual since people and other beings have always lived within families, communities, …

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The Collaborative on Health and the Environment at 20 Years

WebThe inaugural meeting that led to the creation of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) was held at the San Francisco Medical Society in March 2002, co …

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Our Work — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebOur work is essential for creating a world where all people live free from environmental risks that harm human health. Through our webinars, Scienceservs, …

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Because Health — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebBecause Health is now a part of the Center for Environmental Health, a nonprofit leading the nationwide effort to protect people from toxic chemicals. Because Health …

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Environmental Health — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebEnvironmental health is the field of public health focused on how chemicals, toxins, and other factors that people encounter every day impact health and how those …

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A Story of Health E-Book

WebA Story of Health is an e-book on how to promote health and prevent disease. This is an interactive document with multiple chapters featuring prompts for embedded …

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Gene-Environment Interactions & Epigenetics

WebAlmost all complex chronic diseases are influenced by gene-environment interactions. We provide an introduction to genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of health, disease and …

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Air Quality — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebUS Environmental Protection Agency 1. Both outdoor (ambient) air quality and indoor air quality have far-reaching health impacts, including heart disease, stroke, chronic …

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Socioeconomic Environment — Collaborative for Health

WebSocioeconomic Environment. Our "environment" includes both social and physical determinants of health. Social impacts on health are embedded in the broader …

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A Story of Health: Narrative in Public Health Training and Practice

WebThe Collaborative for Health & Environment's (CHE's) primary mission is to strengthen the science dialogue on environmental factors impacting human health and …

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Built Environment — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebOur built environment includes all the human-made physical spaces where we live, recreate and work. These include our buildings, furnishings, open and public spaces, roads, …

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Chemical Exposures and Children’s Mental Health

WebChildren in low-income and communities of color are disproportionately burdened with harmful chemical exposures and thus face potentially increased risk. In …

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Cardiovascular Disease Research and Resources

WebCardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death both worldwide and in the United States, with mortality rates increasing worldwide. 4 In 2014, CVD was responsible for …

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Lead — Collaborative for Health & Environment

WebLead. Lead is a metal found naturally in the earth's crust. 1 In nature, it is found more often in chemical compounds than as a pure metal. Even minute exposures can have …

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Informing Change in Public and Environmental Health Policy

WebDioxin is a good example of how regulations have helped reduce environmental emissions in the US. Overall, industrial, municipal and transportation dioxin emissions have declined …

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A Holistic Approach to Public Health: Addressing Toxic …

WebA Holistic Approach to Public Health: Addressing Toxic Exposures, Environmental Justice and Intergenerational Trauma November 28, 2018 Lynn P. …

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Understanding the potency of stressful early life experiences …

WebDNA on key genes appears to play a role in this epigenetic transmission [10,13], as will be described below. The effects of maternal care explain at least part of the

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PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO EDCS AND EVELOPMENTAL …

WebPRENATAL EXPOSURE TO EDCS AND DEVELOPMENTAL AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN A NEW YORK CITY COHORT Frederica Perera DrPH, PhD The Columbia Center for …

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The Social and Scientific Discovery of a Class of Emerging …

WebJune 2017 Conference: Highly Fluorinated Compounds – Social and Scientific Discovery, Northeastern University • Support: National Institute of Environmental Health …

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