Environmental Factor – August 2019: Cellular traffic cop directs DNA transcription

Jothi holds a secondary appointment in the Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) A recent study led by NIEHS scientist Raja

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Environmental Factor – August 2019: Fossil teeth shed light on ancient breastfeeding practices

Our ancestors relied on breastmilk for infant nutrition for at least the first year of life and then experienced seasonal food shortages, according to new

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Environmental Factor – August 2019: Flu vaccination during pregnancy saves lives, says Wilcox

Growing evidence shows that flu vaccination during pregnancy is safe for mothers and their children, according to a July 10 editorial in the journal BMJ

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Environmental Factor – August 2019: NIEHS workshop energizes high school science teachers

Now in its sixth year, the NIEHS Science, Teachers, and Research Summer (STaRS) Experience is continuing to pay dividends for high school science teachers across

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Environmental Factor – August 2019: New Hampshire arsenic rule builds on NIEHS-funded research

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed a bill July 12 that sharply lowers the state’s drinking water limit for arsenic. The new rule, informed by

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Environmental Factor – August 2019: Pollution and pregnancy — social media Q and A

On Aug. 15, experts from NIEHS and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) will be available via the

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Environmental Factor – August 2019: Society of Toxicologic Pathology looks to One Health

Organizers of the Society of Toxicologic Pathology’s (STP) annual meeting set their sights on environmental factors involved in disease. A particular focus was on One Health,

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Environmental Factor – August 2019: Can we prevent cancer by controlling our environment?

“We’re very interested in the low-dose, chronic exposures that may compromise biological function,” said Woychik, explaining the shift away from the old understanding that the

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Environmental Factor – August 2019: India and NIEHS partner to advance air pollution research

Seeking to strengthen research into the health effects of air pollution and other environmental exposures, NIEHS partnered with India’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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Environmental Factor – August 2019: Iowa public meeting tackles water quality, farming, health

Concerns about water quality took center stage in Mt. Vernon, Iowa June 19 when NIEHS and National Toxicology Program Director Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., and others

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