WS Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit at UCSF
@wspehsu.bsky.social
Environmental health training, consultation, & education. Best practices for equity, reproductive & children’s health at UC San Francisco & serving Federal Region 9.
- Main Page: https://wspehsu.ucsf.edu/
- Free, online, CME: https://bit.ly/free_CME
- Main Page: https://wspehsu.ucsf.edu/
- Free, online, CME: https://bit.ly/free_CME
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Learn how diet can affect childhood cancer risk with our latest video! bit.ly/41u4ggW
From our colleagues at #UCSFEaRTH: Interested in building the skills to create positive environmental health change in your community? 🌾 Apply by Dec. 1! 👉 earth.ucsf.edu/reach
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From our colleagues at #UCSFEaRTH: Interested in building the skills to create positive environmental health change in your community? 🌾 Apply by Dec. 1! 👉 earth.ucsf.edu/reach
An excellent, short commentary- "Childhood Cancer & the Environment: Opportunities for Prevention"- from our Director Emeritus Dr. Mark Miller & Maria Valenti of Commonweal: www.healthandenvironment.org/latest-resea...
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
An excellent, short commentary- "Childhood Cancer & the Environment: Opportunities for Prevention"- from our Director Emeritus Dr. Mark Miller & Maria Valenti of Commonweal: www.healthandenvironment.org/latest-resea...
We're excited to announce that our Spanish translated “Una historia de Salud” (Story of Health) Cancer chapter is featured on the homepage of the Mexican Academy of Pediatrics!. www.academiamexicanadepediatria.org/
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We're excited to announce that our Spanish translated “Una historia de Salud” (Story of Health) Cancer chapter is featured on the homepage of the Mexican Academy of Pediatrics!. www.academiamexicanadepediatria.org/
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Are you a practitioner or researcher passionate about climate change and health?
The University of Washington REACH Center’s Implementation and Evaluation Fellowship advances the application of implementation science to climate and health adaptation in the Northwest.
Apply here by November 28.
The University of Washington REACH Center’s Implementation and Evaluation Fellowship advances the application of implementation science to climate and health adaptation in the Northwest.
Apply here by November 28.
October 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Are you a practitioner or researcher passionate about climate change and health?
The University of Washington REACH Center’s Implementation and Evaluation Fellowship advances the application of implementation science to climate and health adaptation in the Northwest.
Apply here by November 28.
The University of Washington REACH Center’s Implementation and Evaluation Fellowship advances the application of implementation science to climate and health adaptation in the Northwest.
Apply here by November 28.
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Toxic PFAS-coated pans can leach chemicals into our food when heated or scratched, increasing the risk of serious health effects. To reduce your exposure to these “forever chemicals,” choose PFAS-free cookware or use safer practices when handling pans.
Why Nonstick Pans Are a Hot Mess
The reasons to get PFAS out of cookware go far beyond the kitchen.
www.nrdc.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Toxic PFAS-coated pans can leach chemicals into our food when heated or scratched, increasing the risk of serious health effects. To reduce your exposure to these “forever chemicals,” choose PFAS-free cookware or use safer practices when handling pans.
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Please join Beyond Plastics Science Director @trishavv.bsky.social, @amizota.bsky.social
of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics.
www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...
of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics.
www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...
October 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Please join Beyond Plastics Science Director @trishavv.bsky.social, @amizota.bsky.social
of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics.
www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...
of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics.
www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...
Dont miss our Childhood Cancer and the Environment Newsletter! Here's the freshest edition: bit.ly/cancer_newsl...
October 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Dont miss our Childhood Cancer and the Environment Newsletter! Here's the freshest edition: bit.ly/cancer_newsl...
Great to see our PEHSU-led initiative in @ucsfhealth.bsky.social
news! "As Wildfire Smoke and Pollution Rises, Kids with Cancer Need Resources": www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/09...
news! "As Wildfire Smoke and Pollution Rises, Kids with Cancer Need Resources": www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/09...
As Wildfire Smoke and Pollution Rises, Kids with Cancer Need Resources
UCSF is partnering with physicians across the country to develop a pediatric cancer environmental referral service. The service will include children’s environmental health histories and risk assessme...
www.ucsf.edu
September 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Great to see our PEHSU-led initiative in @ucsfhealth.bsky.social
news! "As Wildfire Smoke and Pollution Rises, Kids with Cancer Need Resources": www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/09...
news! "As Wildfire Smoke and Pollution Rises, Kids with Cancer Need Resources": www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/09...
Supplemental folate reduces the risk of childhood leukemia & brain cancers. Learn more about folate by watching our most recent video:
youtu.be/6tQz5IZ2gtI
youtu.be/6tQz5IZ2gtI
September 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Supplemental folate reduces the risk of childhood leukemia & brain cancers. Learn more about folate by watching our most recent video:
youtu.be/6tQz5IZ2gtI
youtu.be/6tQz5IZ2gtI
Check out our team's Childhood Cancer & the Environment program annual report! wspehsu.ucsf.edu/wp-content/u...
September 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Check out our team's Childhood Cancer & the Environment program annual report! wspehsu.ucsf.edu/wp-content/u...
Learn how diet can affect childhood cancer risk with our latest video! bit.ly/41u4ggW
August 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Learn how diet can affect childhood cancer risk with our latest video! bit.ly/41u4ggW
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Nicotine, even when used in pouches, has serious health implications, raising blood pressure, worsening cardiovascular stress, and—for teens and young adults—interfering with critical brain development.
Learn more about nicotine addiction and other risks👇
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Learn more about nicotine addiction and other risks👇
johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/889-zyn-nico...
Public Health On Call: 889 - Zyn Nicotine Pouches
About this episode: Zyn nicotine pouches are suddenly everywhere. What are they and how can they impact health? In this episode: A look at the popular products, what they are and how they work, how th...
johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Nicotine, even when used in pouches, has serious health implications, raising blood pressure, worsening cardiovascular stress, and—for teens and young adults—interfering with critical brain development.
Learn more about nicotine addiction and other risks👇
johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/889-zyn-nico...
Learn more about nicotine addiction and other risks👇
johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/889-zyn-nico...
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Planning to travel while pregnant? 🧳
Make comfort and safety your top priorities before, during, and after your trip. Get tips on what to pack, how to prepare, and staying healthy on the go with our new guide: https://bit.ly/4my7hp0
Make comfort and safety your top priorities before, during, and after your trip. Get tips on what to pack, how to prepare, and staying healthy on the go with our new guide: https://bit.ly/4my7hp0
August 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Planning to travel while pregnant? 🧳
Make comfort and safety your top priorities before, during, and after your trip. Get tips on what to pack, how to prepare, and staying healthy on the go with our new guide: https://bit.ly/4my7hp0
Make comfort and safety your top priorities before, during, and after your trip. Get tips on what to pack, how to prepare, and staying healthy on the go with our new guide: https://bit.ly/4my7hp0
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What an amazing piece - giving such depth of coverage to the lived emotional and medical reality of fire fighters as fires escalate in frequency and severity. Bravo, @hannahdreier.bsky.social !
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What an amazing piece - giving such depth of coverage to the lived emotional and medical reality of fire fighters as fires escalate in frequency and severity. Bravo, @hannahdreier.bsky.social !
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
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Join APHA, the Climate Mental Health Network and more for this free interactive webinar that will help foster age-appropriate discussions around climate change, mental health and ways to empower students: bit.ly/44UeaKE
August 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Join APHA, the Climate Mental Health Network and more for this free interactive webinar that will help foster age-appropriate discussions around climate change, mental health and ways to empower students: bit.ly/44UeaKE
When concerned parents call, the PEHSU answers! "Thallium Exposure Secondary to Commercial Kale Chip Consumption: California Case Highlights Opportunities for Improved Surveillance and Toxicological Understanding" bit.ly/4oGMjFC
August 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
When concerned parents call, the PEHSU answers! "Thallium Exposure Secondary to Commercial Kale Chip Consumption: California Case Highlights Opportunities for Improved Surveillance and Toxicological Understanding" bit.ly/4oGMjFC
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Everyone deserves clean, healthy air! California’s Clean-Air Program for Polluted Communities Faces Crossroads @kqednews.kqed.org www.kqed.org/news/1205009...
California’s Clean-Air Program for Polluted Communities Faces Crossroads | KQED
Touted as an environmental justice companion to California’s cap-and-trade system, AB 617 promised cleaner air for frontline communities like Richmond — but has it actually delivered?
www.kqed.org
August 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Everyone deserves clean, healthy air! California’s Clean-Air Program for Polluted Communities Faces Crossroads @kqednews.kqed.org www.kqed.org/news/1205009...
Our Childhood Cancer & the Environment project just released a newsletter full of excellent resources! bit.ly/3UsMFly
August 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Our Childhood Cancer & the Environment project just released a newsletter full of excellent resources! bit.ly/3UsMFly
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Rising sea levels are raising risks of spreading hazardous chemicals in residential neighborhoods. And that puts people's health in jeopardy. Learn what we can be done to prevent these crises.
prheucsf.blog/2025/08/07/r...
prheucsf.blog/2025/08/07/r...
Rising waters and rising risks in Richmond
Main takeaways: Sea level rise is raising risks of harmful chemical exposures in shoreline communities like Richmond, CA These risks are falling disproportionately on communities already hard hit by c...
prheucsf.blog
August 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Rising sea levels are raising risks of spreading hazardous chemicals in residential neighborhoods. And that puts people's health in jeopardy. Learn what we can be done to prevent these crises.
prheucsf.blog/2025/08/07/r...
prheucsf.blog/2025/08/07/r...
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Sat. Aug 9: Silicon Valley Youth Climate Summit! Join SF Bay PSR members and learn about the intersections of health, climate, peace activism, and justice. Campbell Heritage Theater, 1 W. Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
August 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Sat. Aug 9: Silicon Valley Youth Climate Summit! Join SF Bay PSR members and learn about the intersections of health, climate, peace activism, and justice. Campbell Heritage Theater, 1 W. Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
In this video, Dr. Wiemels explores how some infections can result in abnormal damaging stimulation of the immune system, increasing leukemia risk, & how normal immune “education” can reduce leukemia risk: bit.ly/47iLHzM
August 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In this video, Dr. Wiemels explores how some infections can result in abnormal damaging stimulation of the immune system, increasing leukemia risk, & how normal immune “education” can reduce leukemia risk: bit.ly/47iLHzM
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Extreme heat is sickening & killing Americans. U.S. governors can protect residents by developing heat plans, investing in surveillance, assessing risks and more, APHA and 100+ partners advised members of the National Governors Association today: APHA.org/Extreme-Heat #ClimateChangesHealth
July 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Extreme heat is sickening & killing Americans. U.S. governors can protect residents by developing heat plans, investing in surveillance, assessing risks and more, APHA and 100+ partners advised members of the National Governors Association today: APHA.org/Extreme-Heat #ClimateChangesHealth
Exposures to residential & agricultural pesticides can increase the risk of developing certain types of childhood cancers. Learn more in our newest video "Pesticides and Risks of Childhood Cancers": bit.ly/pesticides_c...
June 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Exposures to residential & agricultural pesticides can increase the risk of developing certain types of childhood cancers. Learn more in our newest video "Pesticides and Risks of Childhood Cancers": bit.ly/pesticides_c...
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Extreme heat worsens air quality. “Air pollution is very harmful for respiratory and cardiovascular admissions and also stroke. Those together can further enhance cardiovascular and respiratory risk.” says Dr. Mary Rice for
@nytimes.com.
@nytimes.com.
Extreme heat & air pollution are a "double whammy" threat to public health, increasing hospital visits for respiratory, heart & mental health, says our director @maryrice-lungdr.bsky.social to @NYTimes.com. Rollbacks to air quality regulations threaten to make pollution worse https://loom.ly/BURs3N0
Extreme Heat Is Exacerbating Air Pollution, a ‘Double Whammy’ for Health
Extreme heat is making air pollution worse, scientists say. And President Trump’s regulatory rollbacks could drive air pollution even higher.
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Extreme heat worsens air quality. “Air pollution is very harmful for respiratory and cardiovascular admissions and also stroke. Those together can further enhance cardiovascular and respiratory risk.” says Dr. Mary Rice for
@nytimes.com.
@nytimes.com.
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TOMORROW - Learn about UCSF’s Center to End Corporate Harm, how to use the Industry Documents Library, and how researchers tap these internal documents to understand how corporations influence science & policy.
@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social
RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social
RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
May 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
TOMORROW - Learn about UCSF’s Center to End Corporate Harm, how to use the Industry Documents Library, and how researchers tap these internal documents to understand how corporations influence science & policy.
@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social
RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social
RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...