National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

NIEHS Launches New Collaboration with the World Health Organization

On February 20, 2014, NIEHS and the World Health Organization (WHO) will begin a new chapter in their decades-long partnership. The day will mark the official launch of the NIEHS-WHO Collaborating Center for Environmental Health Science.

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A New Chapter in NIEHS-WHO Collaboration

With the NIEHS’s recent designation as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Environmental Health Sciences, the Institute and WHO are celebrating a renewed partnership and looking forward to working together to address pressing global environmental health challenges. In this 3-part series, leaders at the NIEHS and WHO discuss their vision for a fruitful collaboration.

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E-waste: An Emerging Health Risk

With an estimated 40 million tons of e-waste produced each year, it is becoming increasingly important to understand how exposure to electronic waste (e-waste) affects human health.  E-waste presents a unique exposure scenario as people are exposed to a complex mixture of chemicals through multiple exposure routes.

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Christine Marie George: Working for Safe Drinking Water in Bangladesh

Leading global environmental health projects wasn’t new for Christine Marie George, Ph.D., when she became an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University in 2012. As an NIEHS grantee, George had implemented several environmental health intervention projects aimed at reducing exposure to arsenic and improving health of communities in Bangladesh.

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  The final version of the Working Group I contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC was published on 11 November 2013 and is now available.
• Global Development Goals and Linkages to Health and Sustainability: Workshop Summary
  A summary report of a three-part webinar series hosted by the Global Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Innovation Collaborative and sponsored by NIEHS, which discussed the global development goals with a focus on sustainable development to inform the Rio+20 post-2015 development agenda framework.
• Including Health in Global Frameworks for Development, Wealth, and Climate Change
  A summary report of a three-part webinar series hosted by the Global Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Innovation Collaborative and sponsored by NIEHS, which discussed the role of health in measuring a country's wealth and health goals and indicators.