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February 2023
Global Environmental Health Newsletter
Learn More About GEH at NIEHS
Previous Issues
Feature Section
Feature This Months Featured Article
Spotlight Section
Spotlight GEH Research Spotlight
Training Section
Training Training and Capacity Building
Multimedia Section
Multimedia GEH Podcasts and Webinars
GEH at NIEHS Section
GEH at NIEHS Updates from the GEH program

Rocking It: Long-Term Research Has Sights on More Sustainable Mining

Mineral mining generates the largest waste stream on the planet. NIEHS-funded researchers are studying how to improve abandoned and active mine site remediation and environmental health in the Southwest.

Iron King Mine

Developmental PFAS Exposures Affect Bone Health, Study Suggests

Exposure to PFAS during early childhood may impact bone development, according to NIEHS-funded researchers.

group of children enjoying water activities, fishing, and boating

Voices From the Field: Investigating Exposures to Chemical and Non-Chemical Stressors on Mother and Child Health in Suriname

Postdoctoral fellow Anisma Gokoel leverages her knowledge of her home country to study heavy metals and their influence on children.

Keeping #OurHearts Healthy

February is American Heart Month. Watch this video by The Heart Truth, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, for ways to stay heart healthy.

Advancing Knowledge of Ciguatoxin, a Natural Marine Neurotoxin Found in Seafood

Alison Robertson, co-investigator of the NIEHS/NSF Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research, studies the effects of ciguatera and ciguatoxin poisoning in marine food webs.

Grants and Funding

Grants of interest to GEH researchers.
Upcoming Events

Research in Understudied Populations and Cancer Disparities Webinar Series — Addressing Health Disparities and Reducing Mortality due to Non-Communicable Diseases During Climate-Induced Disasters

February 21, 2023
Online

International Public Health Conference (IPHC) 2023

March 16 – 18, 2023
Singapore and online

The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health Annual Meeting 2023

March 19 – 21, 2023
Arlington, VA and online

Society of Toxicology (SOT) 62nd Annual Meeting and ToxExpo

March 19 – 23, 2023
Nashville, TN

Consortium of Universities for Global Health Annual Conference 2023

April 3 – 16, 2023
Washington, DC and virtual satellite sessions

International Conference on Environmental Noise Pollution and Health Concerns 2023

May 4 – 5, 2023
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The NIEHS identifies Global Environmental Health (GEH) as a part of its strategic themes, recognizing that because environmental health problems cross national boundaries, conducting studies around the world benefits not just those in areas being studied, but all people who suffer from the same or related environmental health problems.