Have you heard: A new study has reported that one-half of the residents in high-density, low-income public housing in New York State apply pesticides inside their apartments at least once per week? No wonder then that 85% of pregnant African American and Dominican women in NYC had at least one …
By: Marlaina Freisthler* Leveraging existing research is central to HHRA’s strategy to accelerate progress in answering contemporary questions about the health impacts of pesticide exposures. One of HHRA’s goals is to draw on existing datasets to glean new insights into pesticide exposure levels, trends, and health impacts. We use pesticide …
I suspect few will be sorry to see 2021 give way to the new year. 2021 was a rough year in so many ways, driven by two mega-events: the pandemic; and the rise of cultural and political rifts and tension in our public squares, coffee shops, and around our dinner …
The Heartland Health Research Alliance’s inaugural year was 2021, and our team has been working nonstop to grow our efforts in support of public and environmental health. Our research publications have attracted global media attention. Our science continues to procure innovative findings critical for changing policy to better human, farming …
Thursday November 18th, 2021 is National Rural Health Day. This year the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) is specifically highlighting health equity in rural communities. One of the goals of HHRA’s flagship project, The Heartland Study, is to analyze the impact of pesticide exposures on human …
Scientific uncertainty and controversy go hand-in-hand in our nation’s efforts to prevent adverse public health and environmental impacts from the pesticides applied by farmers, ranchers, foresters, landscapers, and groundskeepers. Significant progress has been made in the sciences supporting pesticide risk assessment and regulation. But serious gaps persist between real-world adverse …
We are excited to share the release of this HHRA sponsored peer-reviewed paper. HHRA’s Executive Director Dr. Charles Benbrook is the lead author, click here to view the paper, and read on for a user-friendly summary of the findings. Did you know there are pesticide residues in and on your …
A new HHRA paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Agronomy reports significant impacts of organic farming systems on pesticide use and the risks stemming from pesticide residues on food. “Organic Farming Lessens Reliance on Pesticides and Promotes Public Health by Lowering Dietary Risks” was co-authored by HHRA Executive Director Chuck …
By: Dr. David M. Haas and Melissa Perry, ScD Over 18% of the babies born in Puerto Rico in 2011 were preterm, increasing life-long risks for multiple adverse developmental, reproductive, and chronic disease outcomes. In that same year, an NIH-funded birth cohort study was initiated entitled the Puerto Rico Testsite …
HHRA’s flagship project The Heartland Study was featured in a new blog on the Indiana University School of Medicine’s website this week. IU is one of our hospital partners that is recruiting moms-to-be into this clinical research that will measure herbicide exposure in women and track pregnancy outcomes and the …
