SWEHSC members gathered with other Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers in Kentucky.

This is what the auto industry wants people to see: sparkling factories turning reclaimed lead into batteries. But in Africa’s lead recycling capital, reality looks very different, but the factories have started to poison people.

In the middle of a Tucson summer, the stretch of Oracle Road between Prince and River roads might just be the worst place to hang out all day. There is little shade to hide from the unforgiving sun. And the urban environment, with all its cars and asphalt, soaks up the sunlight and traps the heat for hours.

Dr. Paloma Beamer talks about the prevention of dust particles, and measures that you can take to prevent them from accumulating.

The University of Arizona Superfund Research Center received a $14.8 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a division of the National Institutes of Health, to help understand and mitigate health threats from metalloid-contaminated dust from mine tailings and associated hazardous fungal spores, specifically within mining communities.

A new study found that firefighters exposed to the Palisades and other fires had changes in their immune system and inflammatory response protein pathways.

Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia.

Pollution from wildfire smoke is increasing in the United States. Climate change is projected to exacerbate the problem, leading to 70,000 premature deaths each year by 2050. If no extra measures are taken, wildfire smoke could become one of the country’s worst climate disasters.