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Health officials monitor residents with thermometers and disinfectants
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Can Climate Preparedness Mitigate Emerging Pandemics?

by Tim Hornyak 6 November 202024 October 2022

Indonesians say being prepared for climate-related disasters helped blunt the impact of the coronavirus pandemic—and that lessons in resilience may mitigate the effects of climate crises in the future.

The Alaknanda River, seen from stream level, flows among mountains in northern India.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking Trace Elements in the Ganga River

by David Shultz 16 October 202016 February 2022

Levels of dissolved trace and heavy metals, which can be toxic, are highly variable across the river basin, concentrating in urban areas with high pollution but diluted by inflow from tributaries.

Black-and-white image of Navajo mine workers at a uranium mine
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Pensando en el Zinc: Mitigando la Exposición al Uranio en la Nación Navajo

by R. Mazumdar 9 October 202020 September 2022

En un innovador ensayo clínico se estudia el impacto del zinc en la mitigación de los efectos sobre la salud relacionados con la minería de uranio. Éste se lleva a cabo mediante la “participación bidireccional” entre los Navajos y las comunidades médicas.

Cityscape of Long Island City, New York
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Leaded Soil Endangers Residents in New York Neighborhoods

by M. Stonecash 29 September 20208 September 2022

New research documents dangerously high levels of lead in the soils of New York City parks and growing communities.

Green-hued water laps the shoreline at a beach on Lake Erie
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Remote Sensing of Algal Blooms Can Improve Health and Save Money

by David Shultz 27 August 20206 June 2022

Using satellites to detect cyanobacterial algal blooms can foster faster decision-making that reduces harm to public health as well as associated costs.

A dust storm approaches the outskirts of Phoenix in 2011.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Dust Storms Associated with Increase in Critical Care Visits

by David Shultz 11 August 202029 September 2021

Fine particulate matter from dust storms can exacerbate respiratory diseases, and now scientists have shown that critical care hospital visits spike during and after such events.

Charts showing how groundwater pumping in a deeper aquifer reduces its pressure and induces flow of arsenic rich groundwater from the overlying aquifer
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Arsenic Pollution in Bangladesh is Catching Up with Deeper Wells

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 3 August 20206 February 2023

Inhabitants of Bangladesh have deepened drinking water wells to avoid extracting arsenic-rich groundwater from shallow aquifers, but these may not be free from pollution either.

Black-and-white image of Navajo mine workers at a uranium mine
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Thinking Zinc: Mitigating Uranium Exposure on Navajo Land

by R. Mazumdar 29 July 202020 September 2022

An innovative clinical trial uses “two-way participation” between Navajo and medical communities to study the impact of zinc on mitigating health effects associated with uranium mining.

Close-up of a woman blowing her nose while standing in front of a field of flowers
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Eyes in the Sky Improve Pollen Tracking

by G. R. Asrar, Y. Zhou, T. M. Crimmins and A. Sapkota 20 July 20207 February 2023

Physicians, public health officials, and experts in remote sensing and ecology recently met to identify ways that satellites, webcams, and crowdsourced science could help them manage asthma and allergies.

Health care workers in masks and hazmat suits walk through a residential area in India.
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When Natural Disasters Cross the Path of COVID-19

by T. V. Padma 2 July 20207 November 2022

Natural hazards are intersecting with the coronavirus pandemic in India, and researchers will need to model both to inform the public health response.

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