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Good health depends on a stable climate. This fellowship teaches health professionals how to advocate for both.

Grist

The vision “Medicine is a practice. And it’s not hard for people who were trained as clinicians to see that there’s another practice that they can learn, which is community organizing.” From the perils of extreme heat to the spread of infectious diseases, climate change is a health crisis.

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Precision toxicology consortium aims to protect human health from effects of harmful chemicals

Envirotec Magazine

Led by the University of Birmingham and involving 15 European and US organisations, PrecisionTox aims to protect human health from the toxic effects of chemicals found in people’s homes, food and the environment. The small size and fast development of these organisms allow chemical testing to be done rapidly.

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6 Reasons Why You Should Switch To Herbal Medicines

Green Living Guy

Most people get so used to treating their health conditions with pharmaceutical pills that the thought of using herbs as medicine seems outdated to them. The idea of using a bunch of herbs to improve your health might even invoke images of old peasant women or quack doctors. It’s important.

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Self-Guided Learning Opportunities For Mental Health and Wellness Month, May 2021

Planet Pulse

Through these self-guided learning opportunities, we’re hoping to inspire others to raise awareness and take part in sharing information, resources, and support for mental health and wellness month. Join us in these month-long opportunities! . Monday, May 3, 2021. Time: 4pm ET / 7pm ET. Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Time: 12pm PT / 3pm ET.

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Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study

Envirotec Magazine

A seemingly world-first study of daily ambient fine particulate matter ( PM 2.5 ) across the globe reports that only 0.18% of the global land area and 0.001% of the global population are exposed to levels of PM 2.5 – the world’s leading environmental health risk factor – below levels of safety recommended by Word Health Organization (WHO).

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Navigating Europe’s restriction on microplastics

Envirotec Magazine

We are all aware of microbeads in cosmetics, but how many of us think about microplastics in glitter, the infill materials used in sports surfaces, or veterinary and medicinal products? In humans, microplastics can cause a variety of human health concerns, including neurotoxicity, dermal irritation and organ inflammation.

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‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth

Grist

As a researcher at the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Basu knew that other vulnerable populations, notably the elderly, were particularly susceptible to heat. Higher temperatures will also have knock-on impacts to gestational and fetal health. And the U.S.

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