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Protecting health in a changing climate

DEOHS researchers partner with communities to save lives from extreme heat and climate-related disasters

| Kate Stringer

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Can Roundup cause cancer?

New study from DEOHS researchers finds exposure to commonly used weed killer increases risk of some cancers

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Bilingual app to keep farmworkers safe

First-of-its-kind mobile app developed by DEOHS provides pesticide safety information in Spanish

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Feels like home

Brianna Willis, SPH master’s fellowship winner, forges a new path in One Health

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Professor David Eaton, right, pictured with David Kalman and Michael Yost.

Public health change-maker

Forty years after launching the DEOHS toxicology program, Professor David Eaton will retire

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Changing the rules on toxic emissions

DEOHS researchers say EPA proposal on mercury emissions would make air pollution tougher to regulate

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A deep dive into environmental health

Join us each Thursday for this winter's new Environmental Health Seminar series

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