September 29, 2014 Kat Bawden, community engagement coordinator with the Research Translation Core (RTC), attended the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2014 National Forum on Contaminants in Fish last week in Alexandria,... Read more »
In partnership with Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, the Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC) of the UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility developed a new environmental health focused... Read more »
On February 2, 2014, what has become one of the largest coal ash spills in the nation’s history started in Eden, NC, at a Duke Energy containment pond on the... Read more »
Chronic exposure to arsenic can cause serious health issues for both children and adults – including several types of cancer. Hundreds of millions of people around the world are exposed... Read more »
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, and unconventional natural gas drilling operations continue to be polarizing subjects across the nation, and that’s no different for North Carolina. Residents, lawmakers, industry and the... Read more »
African American women continue to be disproportionately affected by breast cancer due to late diagnoses, higher mortality rates than Caucasian women and higher incidence before the age of 40. CEHS... Read more »
