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Environment Headlines

Explore the latest public health research and insights about environment.

A saxophone player wearing a white t-shirt plays in a parade marking World Oral Health Day in Zambia.

Some nations have already taken decisive steps to ban mercury amalgam in dental fillings—but in Zambia, despite the dangers, progress has stalled.

Environment
International Health
Global Health NOW
Aerial picture of dredges at an illegal gold mining area in the Madre de Dios department, in Peru's southeastern Amazon region, on May 31, 2024.

As gold prices top $3,000 per ounce and the U.S. withdraws funds to stem illegal mining, a public health crisis emerges in the Peruvian Amazon.

Environment
Human Rights
International Health
Global Health NOW
group shot of one young female and four young males

Designing for a Wetter Future

Environmental engineering students partner with Baltimore City on a concept to protect a major wastewater treatment plant from future climate-driven impacts

Environment
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering
Aerial photo of industrial site

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a better way to measure the cumulative health risks faced by communities exposed to multiple toxic air pollutants.

Environment
Beyond Petrochemicals
Volunteers remove plastic and other debris from a beach in Kedonganan, Indonesia; dozens of bright green trash bags holding bagged-up debris are piled up around a yellow-orange crawler dump truck.

The global dispersion of tiny bits of plastic—from snow on the Himalayas to individual cells within people—represents a significant threat to human health.

Environment
Health Policy
International Health
Global Health NOW

Environment Faculty Experts

 Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of environment? They’re here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Marsha Wills-Karp

Marsha Wills-Karp

Professor
Environmental Health and Engineering

Marsha Wills-Karp, PhD, researches the environmental determinants of allergic and immune diseases across the lifespan and chairs the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering.

Kellogg Schwab

Kellogg J. Schwab

Professor
Environmental Health and Engineering

Kellogg Schwab, PhD, integrates engineering, public health, and human behavior by researching water and wastewater contaminants of public health concern.

Alfred Sommer

Alfred Sommer

Professor
- Emeritus
Epidemiology

Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS '73, studies the causes and prevention of childhood micronutrient malnutrition and mortality, and the causes and prevention of blinding diseases.

Brian Schwartz

Brian Schwartz

Professor
Environmental Health and Engineering

Brian Schwartz, MD, MS, GME ’90, uses environmental epidemiology to evaluate the drivers of sustainability health impacts, such as energy, agriculture, and built environments.

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