Environmental Health Sciences

Environmental Health Sciences is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2002 to increase public understanding of the scientific links between environmental factors and human health.

EHS partners with two organizations, the Science Communication Network and Advancing Green Chemistry, to oversee the Science Communication Fellows program. Every year since 2007, the program hosts 10 outstanding researchers to develop the skills needed to present and communicate the complexities of environmental health to the public.

In partnership with Advancing Green Chemistry, EHS is developing tools and protocols that will help chemists reduce the likelihood that new chemicals they are bringing to market will be hazardous.

From its base in Charlottesville, Virginia, EHS also publishes two websites, Environmental Health News and The Daily Climate. Edited by a team of experienced, award-winning journalists and environmental health experts, EHN and TDC offer original reporting and compile news stories from around the world to give a comprehensive daily look at the vital issues in science, environment and health.

Current News

Environmental Health News: Federal chemical safety agency says it can't access Texas blast site. The federal safety agency probing the fertilizer blast in West is complaining to Congress that turf fights with other investigators could make it impossible to find out what really happened. May 22, 2013; Coal boom could destroy Great Barrier Reef. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is rapidly losing its coral, to the point that the United Nations may soon place the natural wonder on its "in danger" list. Climate change is one culprit, but so is the country's booming mining industry. Environmentalists warn that time is running out for the reef. May 22, 2013; Most UK species in decline, wildlife stocktake shows. An unprecedented stocktake of UK wildlife has revealed that most species are struggling and that one in three have halved in number in the past half century. May 22, 2013; Death in parched farm field reveals growing India water tragedy. More than 2,200 farmers in India committed suicide in the past four years, as water loss and drought drove them deeper into debt. May 22, 2013; Pesticides make a comeback. Insecticide sales are surging after years of decline, as American farmers plant more corn and a genetic modification designed to protect the crop from pests has started to lose its effectiveness. May 22, 2013; More…

The Daily Climate: Coal boom could destroy Great Barrier Reef. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is rapidly losing its coral, to the point that the United Nations may soon place the natural wonder on its "in danger" list. Climate change is one culprit, but so is the country's booming mining industry. Environmentalists warn that time is running out for the reef. May 22, 2013; Sixty-four companies follow Wal-Mart's effort to reduce suppliers' emissions. Wal-Mart partnered with the Carbon Disclosure Project in 2005 to measure its greenhouse gas emissions. Two years later, the company started urging its network of now more than 100,000 suppliers to disclose their sustainability performance, too. Others companies have followed its lead. May 22, 2013; How to put the Moore tornado in a climate context. In recent years, tornado researchers and climate scientists have been trying to make advances in unlocking the secrets of what causes such monster storms, and how manmade global warming may already be affecting them now and in the future. May 22, 2013; Skybrud: Copenhagen prepares for torrential rain. Copenhagen proposes a $4 billion overhaul to protect against the torrential rains that left large parts of the city underwater in 2011 - and that are expected more often with climate change (in Danish, but with interesting illustrations). May 22, 2013; Climate disasters displace millions. More than 32 million people fled their homes last year because of disasters such as floods, storms and earthquakes, with 98 percent of that displacement related to climate change. Asia and west and central Africa bore the brunt. Some 1.3 million people were displaced in rich countries, with the United States particularly affected. May 22, 2013; More…