Posts for the ‘health’ topic
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Fresh Water and Cultural Stability
As CI prepares for World Water Week later this month, the human connection to fresh water is evident everywhere I look. Although we may take it for granted in developed countries, access to fresh water underlies all of our other concerns; without it, we would cease to exist. Yet despite this reliance, climate change and other man-made forces continue to threaten water security around the world. No one is immune to the issues facing freshwater ecosystems. However, it is becoming clear that small indigenous communities in isolated areas are among the first to feel the impacts of these threats. Members ... -
Something’s in the air
As a new staff member at CI, I’m excited to be learning more about all the ways the scientific community is exploring the links between healthy natural systems and healthy people. Just this week, I came across an interesting article about a new study connecting pre-natal air pollution exposure and IQ. The study, conducted by the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH), had 249 New York City women (most of them from low-income neighborhoods) wear air quality monitors for two days in the later months of their pregnancies. When their children were IQ-tested at the age of five, ...
