Child development and cognitive function are among the most important outcomes in public health. In developing countries and in poor communities in the United States, exposure to metals before birth or during childhood can alter both the development and organization of the...
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Site Characterization is an essential and complex first step in characterizing the extent of contamination and human health risk at a toxic waste sites. It helps provide information through field sampling and laboratory analyses of soil, water and air samples; it is essential to...
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Mixed metal exposures reflect real world exposures scenarios and are of particular importance to our program. Mixtures pose unique challenges to researchers and little is yet known of their health effects for nearly all combinations of chemicals. Contamination by mixtures of...
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Genetic and environmental factors of disease are sometimes thought to be mutually exclusive. Yet, the interplay between our genes and the metals we encounter is actually what concerns human health. Genes can affect a person’s susceptibility to toxic environmental effects by...
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The relationship between metals in the environment and exposure is further complicated by biological, chemical and physical processes constantly occurring in the earth and its waterways. Over time metals can become more or less bioaccessible, or readily taken up into the human...
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Our six research projects can be grouped into two subsets:
“Pre-Exposure & “Post-Exposure”
This is important because there are many factors that play into environmental health
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Our fieldwork takes place at three sites, meant to represent a range of populations and exposure levels from different parts of the world.
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This program operates through the coming together of a diverse team of scientific and administrative leaders. As individuals our investigators provide many analytic insights, skills, and training for the next generation of environmental health scholars. Yet…
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