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 environmental health issues.
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 clarify the true burden of environmental exposures, thereby raising prevention and associated policies as a societal priority (in all ...
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 and decision makers as they prioritize environmental factors that need to be addressed.
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 Research Framework, can help move research from the lab bench to impacts in the real world.
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 understand how they may impact early development in children.
The Many Factors Involved in Chronic Kidney Disease
In this podcast, we’ll hear about a unique epidemic of kidney disease that cannot be explained by traditional or known risk factors like high blood pressure or genetics, called chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu), and what NIEHS-funded re...
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-environment contributions to autism. Plus, we’ll hear how prenatal vitamins may be useful in reducing the risk of autism.
Opioids and Worker Health
In this podcast, hear more about the significant risks that opioids pose to worker health and safety, and how different agencies and nonprofit organizations are working to address these concerns.
A Community Approach to Studying Noise and Health
In this podcast, we will talk about efforts to raise awareness of noise pollution and work to engage communities in documenting their noise experience.
E-Cigarettes and Teen Health
In this podcast, we’ll learn about why the increased use of e-cigarettes, particularly among teens, has generated concern among health professionals and researchers, and how NIEHS-funded researchers are working to understand and address this growing ...
Economic Benefits of Improving Air Quality and Protecting Children’s Health
In this podcast, we will explore how the physical, psychological, and economic stress of chronic diseases can be taken in to account when considering air quality. Plus, we will learn about the many social and economic benefits of preventing early exp...