WS Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit

07/18/2025

Great to see presentations in Mexico from colleagues who collaborated with us to offer a Spanish version of our Story of Health free CME on Childhood Cancer! https://bit.ly/storyofhealth

¡Sintonízanos este jueves 17 de julio a las 18:00 horas y acompáñanos en una edición más de nuestro programa de radio! 🎙️

Contaremos con la participación del Dr. Juan Manuel Mejía Arangure, quien nos hablarán sobre "Prevención del en México"
Además, nos acompañará la Dra. Laura Salas Salazar, hablando sobre la importancia de la "Salud Urbana".

Un espacio para el diálogo y la salud ¡No te lo pierdas!

📅 Jueves 17 de julio
🕕 18:00 horas

07/14/2025

Dont miss this talk from colleagues ! Wildfire Smoke & Effective Public Health Interventions. 7/23/25, 2:30-3:30pm PST: https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zIF3AJOgSzW3gkLlLxqr5A #/registration

07/09/2025

Tuesday, 7/15 at 1pm PST, don't miss this talk from 's Reach the Decision Makers Program, who will speak on evidence-based policy recommendations that prioritize drinking water safety & community needs: https://earth.ucsf.edu/events

07/08/2025

New paper on the vulnerability of children's cancer survivors from our team! Environmental Exposures Increase Health Risks in Childhood Cancer Survivors; https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/13/2223

07/02/2025

Are paints linked to childhood leukemia? We partnered with Collaborative for Health & Environment to review the research in this video: https://bit.ly/paints_cancer

06/26/2025

Exposures to residential & agricultural pesticides can increase the risk of developing certain types of childhood cancers. Learn more in our newest video "Pesticides and Risks of Childhood Cancers": https://bit.ly/pesticides_cancer

06/13/2025

We have a new newsletter for Promotoras on PFAS forever chemicals & our health! Get all the details, in English. & Spanish, here:

This newsletter was supported by cooperative agreement FAIN: NU61TS000356 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided support through Inter-Agency Agreement 24TSS2400078 with...

06/11/2025

WSPEHSU's Dr. Mark Miller has a new short talk, in partnership with Collaborative for Health and the Environment, on healthy pesticide alternatives and reducing children's cancer!

In this Science Snippet, Dr. Mark Miller shares the importance of choosing alternatives to pesticides to keep children safe, followed by a short animated vid...

04/30/2025

Want to know more about children's cancer? Here's a recording of a recent talk we spearheaded with partners at the Collaborative for Health & Environment (CHE)! "Childhood Cancer & the Environment: Prevention Opportunities"

Research in the last 25 years has greatly expanded our understanding of environmental risk factors for childhood cancer, including exposure to pesticides, traffic-related air pollution, to***co, and...

04/29/2025

04/29/2025

Science and mental health meet in a UC San Francisco program where clinicians and researchers learn just as much from high school students as they learn from them.

04/21/2025

"What the Science Says About Food Additives": hear from WSPEHSU Director Emeritus Dr. Mark Miller on this high profile topic

RFK Jr. has said the U.S. should rid its food supply of synthetic ingredients. How would that affect public health?