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Using marine bacteria to detoxify asbestos
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/07/science-highlights/detoxifying-asbestos-thumbnail.jpg?itok=j_C9d5kj" /> NIEHS-supported research shows that bacteria from extreme marine environments can help reduce toxic properties of asbestos. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - August 1, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Postbacs shine at NIH Poster Day
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/beyond-bench/postbac-poster-day-thumbnail.jpg?itok=koUVGlbh" /> NIEHS postbacs presented their research as preparation for graduate and professional schools, and four earned Outstanding Poster Awards. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

NIEHS fellows awarded competitive research grants
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/beyond-bench/pathway-independence-awards-thumbnail.jpg?itok=yiGf4yEX" /> Danielle Stevens, Ph.D., and Ciro Amato, Ph.D., received Pathway to Independence Awards to advance research on phthalates, birth defects. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Juneteenth celebration featured two lecturers, southern-style lunch
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/feature/juneteenth-thumbnail.jpg?itok=R80qirvN" /> The importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and freedom in science and community was discussed by two North Carolina advocates, leaders. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Folate ’s protective effects may now extend to PFAS
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/science-highlights/folate-and-pfas-thumbnail.jpg?itok=AtaEChg7" /> New studies show folate may reduce PFAS accumulation in the body, which may protect against adverse birth outcomes and boost immune health. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Nature-based remediation technologies help clean up PCB contamination
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/science-highlights/pcb-contamination-clean-thumbnail.jpg?itok=F6rNJ-4-" /> Grantee collaborates across commerce and community to create technologies that help clean up contamination of food chain, natural resources. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Targeting the root cause of asthma
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/science-highlights/changing-home-environment-reduces-asthma-thumbnail.jpg?itok=KB7gSDcW" /> Moving to low-poverty neighborhoods reduces asthma symptoms in children, in part by reducing stress. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Workshop highlights promise and priorities for advancing organ models
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/science-highlights/tissue-chips-thumbnail.jpg?itok=mLJEpcwg" /> Experts discuss how to use human cell-based models to improve infectious disease research and drug development. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Grantees report progress to decrease PFAS, arsenic, other exposures
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/science-highlights/superfund-research-program-progress-thumbnail.jpg?itok=ydOoVBky" /> Superfund Research Program event highlights progress made by 11 funded centers to reduce hazardous substances in U.S., protect health. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Linking historical climate data to human health studies is challenging
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/science-highlights/historical-climate-change-data-thumbnail.jpg?itok=6fF8ugfG" /> NIH Climate and Health Scholar Ferdouz Cochran, Ph.D., presented keys to untangling exposure data and advancing research during seminar series. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Admiral Levine commends Worker Training Program
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/feature/environmental-worker-training-program-thumbnail.jpg?itok=hg3BW1N0" /> NIEHS convenes roundtable with HHS Assistant Secretary for Health to advance environmental justice through worker training. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Advisory Council considers plans to foster diverse, inclusive research
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/feature/fostering-diverse-inclusive-research-thumbnail.jpg?itok=t1J3fYyN" /> Topics discussed included improving equity across NIEHS, revising funding strategies, and strategizing the future of environmental health. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Microplastics research: sum of our exposures studied by grantee
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/01/feature/thumb949147.jpeg?itok=syzwtO0o" /> I spoke with Douglas Walker, Ph.D., about his efforts to understand how these tiny plastic particles may affect human health. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

NIH-wide climate and health initiative applauded by advisors to NIH Director
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/06/feature/climate-health-initiative-applauded-thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=j1hsZS95" /> NIEHS Director shared progress with advisory committee at June meeting amid poor air quality due to wildfires, concerns about health effects. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

First NIEHS Recruitment Fair attracts future postdocs, postbacs
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/05/beyond-bench/recruitment-fair-thumb.jpg?itok=5L5y2VNS" /> Competition for best candidates spurs Office of Fellows’ Career Development to use creative, proactive recruitment approach. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - June 1, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news