SWEHSC News

There are heroes who put their lives and health on the line to protect others every day. We want those brave and selfless people to be celebrated and protected as much as possible, so it's a huge problem to discover that they're more at risk than we previously knew. Unfortunately, it turns out that firefighters and health care workers have above-average levels of toxic PFAS in their bodies, and we're not sure why, reported the University of Arizona.

An informal, virtual public hearing process has begun for the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s proposed rule to establish a federal heat standard in the workplace.

The Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings would apply to all employers to protect indoor and outdoor workers across sectors where OSHA has jurisdiction, such as general industry, construction, agriculture, and maritime, with some exceptions.

Women’s health has long been overlooked in science and medicine—an oversight with serious consequences not just for women, but for public health as a whole.

Rick G. Schnellmann, PhD, was named the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System’s Investigator of the Year 2024.

SWEHSC had the opportunity to help plan the 2025 Tribal Environmental Health Forum, helping professionals, researchers, and communities unite to help tackle the needs of Arizona's Tribal communities.

Six teams of University of Arizona experts who presented proposals to accelerate transdisciplinary projects with the potential to transform lives, shape policy, drive economic impact and provide training for the next generation of talent have been chosen as the 2025 Big Idea Challenge awardees.

A report released on Thursday by the presidential Make America Healthy Again commission raised concerns about the potential health effects of pesticides on American children, but it stopped short of calling the chemicals unsafe.

The mix of chemicals in the atmosphere, and hotter and longer days during the summer, lead to more air quality alerts.

A new study published by the University of Arizona scientists found that firefighters aren’t the only frontline workers exposed to PFAS. Health care workers also had elevated levels of two specific chemicals in their blood.

Professor Kacey Ernst is passionate about studying the intersection between disease and climate change.