Frontiers

Human Health Affected by Changing Ecological Environment in the Rapid Urbanization

The migration of populations from rural to urban areas, commonly referred to as urbanization, marks a profound transformation in modern society. This dynamic shift is evident across both developed and ...
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Building Confidence in New Evidence Streams for Human Health Risk Assessment: Lessons Learned from Laboratory Mammalian Toxicity Tests

Suggested Citation: "5 Issues in Developing a Scientific Confidence Framework for NAMs." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Building Confidence in New Evidence Streams ...
Circle of Blue

EPA Restarts Assessment of Health Risks from Nitrate in Water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, reversing a Trump-era decision, is restarting a human health assessment of nitrate and nitrite, a move that has potentially far-reaching regulatory ...
Health Affairs

Conducting A More Equitable Community Health Needs Assessment

Community health needs assessments (CHNAs), also known as community health assessments, are state, tribal, territorial, or local health assessments that identify key health needs and issues through ...
Agri-Pulse

Groups petition EPA to cancel glyphosate registration

The Center for Food Safety, Beyond Pesticides and several farmworker advocacy groups are pushing the EPA to cancel glyphosate's registration in light of a federal court decision that found fault with ...
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DHA Health Hazard Assessment team doing critical work to improve warfighter brain health

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – A little over a year ago, in June 2022, the Department of Defense launched the Warfighter Brain Health Initiative to bring together the operational and medical ...
Health.com

What Happened During My 5-Hour Full Body Health Assessment (and Whether It Was Worth It)

Dana is an Associate Editorial Director at Health, leading the development and strategy of new evergreen content. Dana holds a Master's in Public Health and is a Certified Health Education Specialist ...
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Building Confidence in New Evidence Streams for Human Health Risk Assessment: Lessons Learned from Laboratory Mammalian Toxicity Tests

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in ...