About Environmental Health Sciences
The Environmental Health Sciences (EnHS) program at the University of Minnesota is one of the oldest and most highly ranked in the country. For more than 60 years, we have been a national educational and research leader in environmental health.
We provide the scientific, technological, policy, and management skills needed to address a broad and continually changing spectrum of environmental and occupational health concerns.
The Health Impact Assessment of New Energy Sources: Shale Gas Extraction
Deborah L. Swackhamer, co-director of the Water Resources Center at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, presented recently on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on water resources and implications for human health at a two-day workshop, hosted by the Institute of Medicine.
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Bird flu debate should focus on new vaccines
For weeks, scientific debate has focused on the publication of two studies that document the lab creation of H5N1 virus, or bird flu. The debate included varying opinions about the case-fatality rate — in other words, how deadly the virus might be if transferred to the human population.
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2012 NORA Symposium
(May 7, 2012) – The Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety’s annual National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Symposium was held Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at the University Hotel on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. This year’s featured speaker was Valerie Cade, CSP. Valerie Cade is an internationally recognized expert on respectful workplaces. [...]
Students Create Websites for PubH6120
(May 3, 2012) – Students in the Spring 2012 PubH 6120 course, Injury Prevention in the Workplace, Community, and Home, created and presented website projects on a variety of injury-related problems. Students selected their own topic of interest and created websites to present the information. The projects identified injury problems related to the workplace, community [...]
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