“African women researchers are transforming the continent while functioning as community organizers and entrepreneurs. Yet African women experience significant barriers in the continent's research and academic landscape.” via allAfrica.com buff.ly/4eXvLE4

Experts have long said that a shift to more modern crop residue technologies is critical to reducing the harmful effects of stubble burning in both India and Pakistan, which are the world’s largest, and fourth largest, rice exporters respectively.  buff.ly/4fnGmrq

“As consumers, when we eat fish containing antibiotic-resistant bacteria, we can develop the same resistance. In some countries, people consume raw fish, increasing the risk of ingesting these harmful bacteria directly. And our fish is exported too.” buff.ly/3ZMuWI7

#ICYMI...NEW REVIEW: Association between Active Use of Urban Green Spaces and Well-being in Adults Aged 18-65 Years: A Systematic Review ➡️ buff.ly/3ZgSu7J

“Even low-level arsenic exposure in drinking water may be associated with an increased risk of kidney cancer, which aligns with previous research indicating an association between this exposure and lung, bladder and skin cancers.” via Texas A&M University buff.ly/40hwJ9e

“It’s unlikely that urban planners can close the gap between the study’s worst-performing city (Mogadishu, Somalia) and the best-performing one (Charlotte, North Carolina). … Still, there’s a lot that each city can learn from its neighbors.” via NASA buff.ly/3DQlRX9

#ICYMI...NEW COMMENTARY: The Impact of Rolling Blackouts on Environmental Health in South Africa ➡️ buff.ly/3DbG8WX

“While common emitters such as brick kilns & road vehicles are well-known and documented, recent analyses show significant contributions from household activities, power generation, & waste burning—areas that have not received sufficient attention yet.” buff.ly/4j8gtPi

NEW: Karakwende et al. characterized exposure to household air pollution among pregnant Rwandan women. While lighting and cooking practices predicted exposures to a degree, the authors found that substantial variability remained unexplained ➡️ buff.ly/40cyLWZ

NEW: Ndikubwimana et al. assessed associations between household air pollution and glycated hemoglobin. Their results, while inconclusive, point to BMI as a potential effect modifier between the two ➡️ buff.ly/3C352YC

NEW RESEARCH: Predictors of Personal Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter, Black Carbon, and Carbon Monoxide among Pregnant Women in Rwanda: Baseline Data from the HAPIN Trial ➡️ buff.ly/40cyLWZ University of Rwanda CSUVetMed&BioScience

NEW RESEARCH: Association between Personal Exposure to Household Air Pollution and Glycated Hemoglobin among Women in Rural Areas of Guatemala, India, Peru and Rwanda ➡️ buff.ly/3C352YC Adolphe Atuhire University of Rwanda Colorado State University Maggie Clark Naveen Puttaswamy

“The UNSW team led by Professor Denis O'Carroll, Professor Naresh Kumar, Professor Michael Manefield and Dr. Matthew Lee, showed that concentrations of branched PFOA in firefighting foam would double after time in the environment.” buff.ly/4fXcSRE

👥Calling all community-engaged researchers! EHP Publishing invites you to submit your work to JHP and @Ehponline in celebration of a landmark year for community engagement supported through the @NIEHS EHS Core Centers program ➡️ buff.ly/3ChXaT5 #NIEHS_EHSCC @SRP_NIEHS

"Wildfire and soil emissions are the sources I see coming to dominate air pollution this century, and we need to adjust our air quality regulatory thinking to reflect that." via UC Davis buff.ly/3PHLCLW  Related in EHP: buff.ly/40ij5Sf

“The increased frequency of hotter days that's come with climate change means more folks having health crises that send them to local emergency departments. X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds and the like are often used to diagnose what might be going wrong.” buff.ly/3C7jcrT

📣 The first complete issue of JHP is now available! Check out the latest #environmentalhealth research ➡️ ehp.niehs.nih.gov/toc/jhp/2024/1…

Many thanks to more than 840 peer reviewers who each reviewed at least one manuscript in 2024. We appreciate their commitment, volunteer service, and expertise. Please join us in acknowledging them ➡ ehp.niehs.nih.gov/do/10.5555/cc8… #PeerReview #ManuscriptReview

NEW: LPG and biomass offer different advantages and disadvantages as fuels for cooking. One area where they don’t differ appreciably: the prevalence of cooking-related burns among the people who use them, report Abuga et al. ➡️ ehp.niehs.nih.gov/JHP1095