IN THE NEWS: When Does Everyday Noise Become Unhealthy?
Rick Neitzel featured on Stateside
A new collaboration between the University of Michigan and Apple aims to determine exactly how much noise pollution we experience every day.
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IN THE NEWS: What Makes a Healthy Diet? A Table, No TV and Fresh Food
Karen Peterson featured in Great Lakes Echo
Households that eat family-style meals together at the table with the TV off may have healthier diets than families who don’t, according to Karen Peterson, professor of Nutritional Sciences at Michigan Public Health.
IN THE NEWS: New York City Needs to Better Regulate Noise
Rick Neitzel featured in City & State
Nine out of ten adults in New York City are regularly exposed to noise levels higher than the 70 decibels that the EPA considers to be harmful, at schools, the gym and during their commutes.
IN THE NEWS: Defense Study on TCE Prompts Calls for OSHA to Act
Adam Finkel featured in Bloomberg
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration should examine and lower its worker exposure limits to a carcinogenic degreasing agent called trichloroethylene, or TCE, scientists told Bloomberg Law.
IN THE NEWS: MD Anderson Safety Struggles Show Pressures on Nurses
Christopher Friese featured in the Houston Chronicle
Understaffing and increased patient-to-nurse ratios depict growing pressures on nurses with impacts on patient outcomes.
Michigan Public Health Working with Apple on Study on Sound Exposure in Daily Life
New Study from Rick Neitzel
Michigan Public Health researcher Rick Neitzel has recently partnered with Apple to develop a study that will use a person's iPhone and Apple Watch to measure levels of sound exposure.