After the Fukushima Daiichi accident of March 2011, he led the effort to assess the exposure to radiation of Fukushima residents, and led the official report on the accident for the United Nations Scientific Committee on ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Learning that your loved one has Alzheimer's disease can be frightening and leave you feeling lost and unsure.
Jun 20, 2023
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A chemical linked to a higher risk of leukemia and other blood cell cancers creeps into millions of homes whenever residents light their gas stoves. A new Stanford-led analysis finds that a single gas cooktop burner on high ...
Jun 19, 2023
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Regulating environmental pollution around the world still largely relies upon risk assessments of single pollutants, ignoring combined toxicities and interactions of groups of substances. However, in the real world, co-exposure ...
Jun 8, 2023
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For some people, the anxiety that comes with being in large crowds can be debilitating. An expert with Baylor College of Medicine explains why people experience this distress and how friends and family can be supportive of ...
Jun 5, 2023
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A link between noisy road traffic with air pollutant and an increased chance of hypertension—a top risk factor for heart attack and stroke—has been identified by University of the West of Scotland (UWS) researchers.
Apr 24, 2023
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A new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health shows that water arsenic levels are linked to higher urinary arsenic among the U.S. population for users of both private wells and public water ...
Apr 20, 2023
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Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) may increase the risk of developing dementia, according to a new meta-analysis from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Apr 5, 2023
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Many parents think that they are protecting their children by smoking on the porch or next to the window in a room. However, a new study by Tel Aviv University finds that, in contrast to such beliefs, restricting smoking ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Early detection of childhood hearing loss is crucial but also challenging because babies can't tell their parents or doctors exactly what's wrong.
Mar 27, 2023
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