Environment & Human Health (EHHI) is dedicated to protecting human health from environ­mental harms through research, education and the promotion of sound public policies.

Reports to Promote Policy Changes

Endocrine Disruptors

This new publication explains how endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) affect the human body, what diseases they can cause, and where they are found. Learn how to avoid EDCs in consumer products and reduce exposures, especially during pregnancy.

EHHI is calling for major reductions to endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

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Plastics and Microplastics

Pesticide Risks: From Our Farms to Our Homes. Government has failed to demand full and independent testing prior to pesticide approval. Regulators have often bowed to corporate and political pressure despite clear evidence of health risks.

See recommendations for the federal government, states, towns, and individuals.

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Pesticide Risks

Pesticide Risks: From Our Farms to Our Homes. Government has failed to demand full and independent testing prior to pesticide approval. Regulators have often bowed to corporate and political pressure despite clear evidence of health risks.

See recommendations for the federal government, states, towns, and individuals.

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Wood Smoke Exposures

Wood smoke poses a serious danger to human health. Summer wood burning has increased over the past 25 years, with people using backyard fireplaces, fire pits, chimineas, and outdoor cooking appliances.

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Synthetic Turf

EHHI is increasingly concerned about health hazards associated with exposures to ground-up recycled tires (crumb rubber) used as in-fill in synthetic turf fields and playgrounds.

EHHI has carefully read and analyzed numerous studies that industry uses to justify safety claims.

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Flame Retardants

Found in almost all consumer products, flame-retardants pose special health risks for fetuses, infants, and children.

EHHI recommends sweeping policy changes to protect the public from flame-retardants.

Outdoor Wood Furnaces

Read how outdoor wood furnaces cause respiratory problems and adverse health effects in neighboring homes.

What should you do when your neighbor's smoke comes onto your property and into your home?

Asthma in Children

Asthma is a chronic disease that affects growing numbers of children and adults in the United States.

The LEED Debate

Do “green” buildings protect human health from environmental hazards? The answer is “not necessarily.”

Find out where energy efficiency collides with human health.

School Bus Exhaust

Most U.S. school buses generate diesel exhaust composed of very fine particles of carbon and a mixture of toxic gases.

EHHI urges states to adopt no-idling laws for school buses (see the Connecticut legislation).

Cell Phones

EHHI’s report explores what we know about cell phone use, technology, and health effects. Exposures to electro­magnetic radiation are happening in ways never dreamed of before.

Pesticides in Private Wells

Lawn and tree care pesticides can filter down through the soil and enter residential drinking water wells, even deep wells.

EHHI calls for testing of private wells.

Vehicle Exhaust

Although the smell of vehicle exhaust is a normal part of everyday life, our nation is experiencing an epidemic of illnesses made worse by air pollution.

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Breast Cancer

Read how women's ideas about their breast cancer risks compare with the actual science.

Learn what environmental and lifestyle factors are linked to increased breast cancer risks.

Pesticides

Pesticides are intentionally toxic substances linked to cancer, birth defects, mutations and other health problems.

Children, infants, and fetuses may be especially vulnerable to adverse health effects.

Original Turf Report

EHHI developed the original 2007 study of crumb rbber. Recycled tires are used in athletic fields, playgrounds, and garden mulch.

Read the results of testing at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

Brochures that Protect the Public's Health

Roundup Dangers

Roundup is the the trade name for the weed-killer glyphosate. Glyphosate has been deemed a probable carcinogen by the World Health Organization (WHO).

12 Reasons Why Synthetic Fields Pose a Health Risk

Synthetic turf fields are made of plastic grass infilled with shredded waste tires known as “crumb rubber.”

12 Steps to Reducing
Fetal Exposures

What 12 things can you do to reduce potentially harmful exposures during pregnancy?

Pregnant? Foods to
Avoid and Enjoy

Learn about six foods to enjoy and six foods to avoid during pregnancy.

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