Essential Oils and Our Health
Essential oils need to be researched, regulated for quality, and checked for safety and accurate labeling.
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2020 Year in Review
We resume publication on Monday, January 4, 2021 after our winter publishing break. Thank you for reading, writing, and subscribing to PHP.
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Charting Our Course
Now that the adverse health impacts of climate change have become apparent, local action to curb climate-active pollutants is taking off.
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Rules of Play
The American public deserves to be safe from toxic chemicals and hazardous design flaws in workplaces, public spaces, and the bedroom.
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Health Threats in the Infosphere
The infosphere contributes to the social determinants of health as much as the social sphere and biosphere do.
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Five Years of Uncomfortable Conversations
In this era of fake news and misinformation, of pandemics and plandemics, your voice is welcome. It puts the public in public health.
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Vote Like Your Health Depends on It
The four PHP writing fellows and the three editors have each taken one public health issue and offer reminders of what is at stake in 2020.
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Commercializing Marijuana
Legalization advocates claim marijuana reform is an integral part of social justice efforts, but the data show this to be false.
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Egg Donation Risk and Reward
But while there remains considerable uncertainty about the true extent of risk, we should not deceive young egg donors for profit.
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Why X and Y?
Despite how common intersex conditions are, the medical community largely disregards the identities and needs of intersex youth and adults.
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