A review of 3,000 studies also suggests these minute plastic air particles may be causing male and female infertility. Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of plastic into the air, creating a form of air pollution that UC San Francisco researchers suspect may be causing respiratory and other illnesses. A review of some 3,000 … Continue reading Microplastics may be leading to lung and colon cancers
The year ahead will be filled with enormous challenges in our efforts to protect health. As we prepare to tackle those challenges, we look back at our successes in this 3rd annual year-in-review quiz (which for some crazy reason is our most popular blog post of each year). So, let’s test how well you have … Continue reading PRHE’s 2024 year-in-review quiz: Looking back, seeing ahead
Yeast and worms may be small, but they have the potential to transform the way we evaluate chemicals in the United States. A big challenge in preventing harmful chemical exposures is how long it takes to identify whether a chemical is toxic to human health. Fortunately, yeast and worms - high throughput (HTP) in vivo … Continue reading The power of rapid screens to predict human toxicity
As fossil fuels, plastics, and other pollutants drive an increase in chronic disease, scientists from around the U.S. who study how toxics impact health educated policymakers on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC about the importance of the work of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) funded P30 centers. P30 research centers are the backbone of environmental … Continue reading Scientists tell Congress why environmental health research is critical
One of the first researchers supported by the EaRTH Center was Kimberly Badal, PhD, a scientist originally focused on infectious disease research, but after discovering the high burden of cancer in her home country of Trinidad and Tobago, she changed course. Part of her research now focuses on creating better models that can predict a … Continue reading Exploring how the environment impacts breast cancer risk
Using a new method to test chemical toxicity, UC San Francisco (UCSF) scientists have revealed a growing list of chemicals that could cause reproductive harm, including infertility. “With infertility a growing problem around the globe, it is important to find better strategies to discover the root causes,” said Tracey J. Woodruff, PhD, director of the … Continue reading UC San Francisco scientists develop new method using yeast to find chemicals that cause infertility
To help people and families learn how to reduce their exposures to toxic substances, PRHE created Toxic Matters, a series of pamphlets, back in 2007. Since then, evidence about how toxic chemicals affect our health has continued to grow. Our team, in collaboration with scientists at the EaRTH Center, Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty … Continue reading Test your knowledge of Toxic Matters
As oncologists, we’ve witnessed how extreme weather events have disrupted treatment for our patients. Delays caused by storms or flooding or wildfires can disrupt the timing of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, eroding precious weeks from life-saving treatment schedules. These weather occurrences, which are growing more frequent and severe due to climate change, highlight an urgent … Continue reading How extreme weather is disrupting cancer care
A byproduct of fossil fuel production, petrochemicals are on the rise and exposures to these chemicals contribute to health problems, including cancer, according to an analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine, published today. “Pollution is the leading cause of premature death globally, and petrochemicals are a major contributor,” says author Tracey J. Woodruff, … Continue reading Petrochemical proliferation contributing to rise in health problems
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” has been famously attributed to Benjamin Franklin. Today, an ounce of prevention is worth more like $820 billion when you estimate the health costs of climate change and air pollution, per year in the U.S., according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. A vastly disproportionate … Continue reading Safeguard loved ones from toxic chemicals
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