Ghost of Home Construction Past
The city of Detroit is in a unique position to offer insight into the prevalence of asbestos in older homes while taking responsibility for demolition.
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Contaminating Children
Current guidance from the EPA considers lead concentration in soil below 100 ppm as a low-risk category despite significant risks for children.
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Mapping Environmental Justice
Environmental justice mapping is one way to identify and work with communities most impacted by environmental health disparities.
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Maternal Mistreatment
Understanding women’s lived experiences during and after pregnancy is essential to optimize birth outcomes and reduce maternal mortality in women of color.
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Visualizing Climate Change
The goal of the vulnerability mapping is to help public health agencies and communities understand the interactions between climate, people, and health.
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Scripts After School Shootings
School shootings in America have become something of a new norm, yet little is known about how survivors cope over the following months and years.
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Paying Your Climate Debt
Climate change is now considered one of the leading threats to public health worldwide. So, how will you choose to pay your climate debt?
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Wrong-to-Carry Laws
States passed right-to-carry laws under the expectation that they would decrease crimes. Evidence now contradicts the basic premise of right-to-carry laws.
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Immigration Integration
Welcoming cities often include within their plans a component of actions and indicators related to public health and health equity.
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Double Down on Double up
In 2009, Michigan began the Double Up Food Bucks program, expanding options for SNAP beneficiaries to spend on fruits and vegetables.
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