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Environmental Health Chat

This podcast series explores how environmental exposures affect our health. Each short episode highlights ways researchers work in partnership with community groups to understand and address environme... Read more

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Air Pollution and Your Heart

Air Pollution and Your Heart

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Many factors are known to raise the risk of heart dise... Read more

30 Sep 2015

6mins

Ranked #2

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Understanding the Link Between Environment, Nutrition, and Autism: Examining Approaches to Reduce Risk

Understanding the Link Between Environment, Nutrition, and Autism: Examining Approaches to Reduce Risk

In this podcast we’ll learn more about autism and what NIEHS-funded researchers are doing to understand gene-by-environm... Read more

21 Mar 2019

7mins

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Understanding the Global Burden of Disease Part I

Understanding the Global Burden of Disease Part I

In this podcast we will focus on the Global Burden of Disease Study and how it is helping inform health organizations an... Read more

17 Jul 2019

8mins

Ranked #4

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Understanding Bioavailability of Arsenic and Lead in Soils at Hazardous Waste Sites

Understanding Bioavailability of Arsenic and Lead in Soils at Hazardous Waste Sites

Bioavailability is a concept that is often unknown or confusing to community members impacted by metals contamination. S... Read more

10 May 2017

7mins

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Addressing Environmental Health Disparities through Research

Addressing Environmental Health Disparities through Research

Some groups of people in the United States experience higher rates of certain diseases than the general population. For ... Read more

26 Oct 2017

8mins

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Why Dad’s Environment Before Conception Matters

Why Dad’s Environment Before Conception Matters

In this podcast we’ll hear about how researchers are exploring preconception, particularly for fathers to be, as a criti... Read more

11 Oct 2019

6mins

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Children, Nature, and the Importance of Getting Kids Outside

Children, Nature, and the Importance of Getting Kids Outside

A shift towards sedentary lifestyles has far reaching impacts on children's health, including increased incidence of obe... Read more

9 Jan 2017

8mins

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PFAS and Children’s Health

PFAS and Children’s Health

In this podcast, we’ll learn about a complex group of chemicals known as PFAS and how researchers are working to underst... Read more

16 May 2019

7mins

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Circadian Rhythm and Your Health

Circadian Rhythm and Your Health

Did you know that many of the processes in your body operate on a 24-hour cycle? This cycle, called the circadian rhythm... Read more

17 May 2018

8mins

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Understanding the Global Burden of Disease Part II

Understanding the Global Burden of Disease Part II

In this podcast, we’ll learn more about the global burden disease (GBD) and how the GBD study could ultimately help clar... Read more

14 Aug 2019

7mins

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Demystifying the Common Myths About Lead

Demystifying the Common Myths About Lead

Although childhood lead poisoning has decreased over the last four decades, it remains an important public health concer... Read more

31 Jan 2018

6mins

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Mapping Environmental Health

Mapping Environmental Health

In this podcast, we take a look at how geographic information systems (GIS) and other spatial methodologies can illumina... Read more

10 Jul 2015

7mins

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Wood Burning Stoves and Human Health

Wood Burning Stoves and Human Health

In many parts of the country, and indeed around the world, wood is used as fuel to heat homes, particularly during colde... Read more

17 Mar 2017

7mins

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Opioids and Worker Health

Opioids and Worker Health

In this podcast, hear more about the significant risks that opioids pose to worker health and safety, and how different ... Read more

24 Jan 2019

7mins

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Harmful Algal Blooms and Your Health

Harmful Algal Blooms and Your Health

Algae are organisms that get their energy from the sun and live in aquatic and marine environments. Some types of algae ... Read more

20 Jun 2018

8mins

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Children and the Changing Climate

Children and the Changing Climate

In this podcast, we take a close look at how climate change affects one particularly vulnerable population: children.

8 Jul 2016

7mins

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Windows of Susceptibility

Windows of Susceptibility

People can be exposed to a wide variety of chemical and non-chemical stressors in their daily lives. These stressors may... Read more

21 Aug 2017

6mins

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Dealing with Disasters: Part 1

Dealing with Disasters: Part 1

In Part 1 of this 2-part series, hear about the types of health risks associated with disasters and how disaster researc... Read more

7 Dec 2015

6mins

Ranked #19

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From the Lab to Real-World Impacts: NIEHS Tools for Translational Research

From the Lab to Real-World Impacts: NIEHS Tools for Translational Research

In this podcast, we will learn about Translational Research at NIEHS and how a new tool, called the Translational Resear... Read more

17 Jun 2019

8mins

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Harnessing Social Media to Share Science on Breast Cancer and the Environment

Harnessing Social Media to Share Science on Breast Cancer and the Environment

In this podcast, you’ll hear how health communication researchers are improving information and messages about breast ca... Read more

23 Dec 2019

8mins

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