Environmental Health Sciences

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Federal budget cuts and worker safety

Michigan Public Health professor and researcher Rick Neitzel warns that federal cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which has lost two-thirds of its staff, will lead to more preventable workplace injuries and deaths across industries from mining to healthcare.

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On the Heights: February 2025

Departmental news, research highlights, community achievements, and more to help you stay connected with the Michigan Public Health community.

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Global Public Health faculty pilot projects receive seed funding

Five researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health have been awarded seed funding to prepare international research projects on a range of global health challenges, including gene therapy ethics, childhood nutrition, national food policy, cholera vaccine allocation, and occupational safety.

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Are Super Bowl cheers bad for your ears?

The Super Bowl is America's most-watched broadcast and also, it seems, the nation's loudest single event—a distinction that means the cheers, jeers, parties, bars and big screens may be as rough on the eardrums as a defensive end is on a quarterback.