Which state you live in matters for how well environmental laws protect your health

An environmental health lawyer explains why some states have weaker rules than others, and how you can make your concerns heard.

Susan Kaplan, Research Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago • conversation
Feb. 28, 2023 ~8 min

Train derailments get more headlines, but truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals are more frequent and deadly in US

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is looking into new rules for trains. Trucks, however, are involved in thousands more hazmat incidents every year in the US.

Michael F. Gorman, Professor of Business Analytics and Operations Management, University of Dayton • conversation
Feb. 21, 2023 ~6 min


How vinyl chloride, the chemical in the Ohio train derailment and used to make PVC plastics, can damage your liver

Vinyl chloride dilutes fairly quickly in outside air and water. One concern for lingering exposure from the derailment involves private wells.

Juliane I. Beier, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health, Member of Pittburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Feb. 17, 2023 ~6 min

How vinyl chloride, chemical released in the Ohio train derailment, can damage the liver – it’s used to make PVC plastics

Vinyl chloride dilutes fairly quickly in outside air and water. One concern for lingering exposure from the derailment involves private wells.

Juliane I. Beier, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Feb. 17, 2023 ~6 min

How vinyl chloride, the chemical in the Ohio train derailment used to make PVC plastics, can damage your liver

Vinyl chloride dilutes fairly quickly in outside air and water. One concern for lingering exposure from the derailment involves private wells.

Juliane I. Beier, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Feb. 17, 2023 ~6 min

How to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater

A new method for removing the greenhouse gas from the ocean could be far more efficient than existing systems for removing it from the air.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 16, 2023 ~8 min

How dangerous was the Ohio chemical train derailment? An environmental engineer assesses the long-term risks

The slow release of information about the chemical spill and results of air and water tests have left many questions about the risks and long-term impact.

Andrew J. Whelton, Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Director of the Healthy Plumbing Consortium and Center for Plumbing Safety, Purdue University • conversation
Feb. 15, 2023 ~8 min

Sparse, small, but diverse neural connections help make perception reliable, efficient

First detailed mapping and modeling of thalamus inputs onto visual cortex neurons show brain leverages “wisdom of the crowd” to process sensory information.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Feb. 2, 2023 ~9 min


Does this cause cancer? How scientists determine whether a chemical is carcinogenic – sometimes with controversial results

The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer convenes a panel of scientific experts to review available evidence on whether specific chemicals or occupational exposures may cause cancer.

Brad Reisfeld, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University • conversation
Jan. 30, 2023 ~9 min

Hairdressers of color are exposed to dangerous chemical mix

Black and Hispanic hairdressers are exposed to a mixture of chemicals, many of them potentially hazardous and undisclosed on labels.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Jan. 27, 2023 ~6 min

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