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CHE Alaska Partnership

This partnership explores the emerging science of environmental health, justice, and education relevant to the state of Alaska and its people. Coordinated by Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT), CHE-AK works to inform health professionals, researchers, health-affected groups, government agents and other concerned citizens about environmental links to disease and disability. You can learn more about CHE Alaska’s partnership with ACAT on the ACAT website.

Calls from the CHE Alaska Partnership

October 8, 2024

The Dangers of Deep-Sea Mining

September 18, 2024

Artificial Turf: Research on Plastic Pollution, PFAS, and Health Concerns

August 6, 2024

Protecting Children’s Developing Brains: Hazards of Plastics and Chemicals in Plastics

July 2, 2024

Mapping Environmental Injustice: Disparities in chemical exposures and neurodevelopmental outcomes

June 4, 2024

The Arctic's Plastics Crisis: Dangers to health and human rights of Indigenous peoples

April 10, 2024

Petrochemicals, Plastics & Health: Will global treaty offer pathway to progress?

March 28, 2024

Chemical Exposures and Children’s Mental Health

January 31, 2024

PFAS in Locally Caught Fish: Threats to health & environmental justice

November 29, 2023

Breast Cancer, Pinkwashing, and the Importance of Prevention

October 25, 2023

The Falsehood of “Critical and Strategic” Minerals

September 27, 2023

The Not-So-'Micro' Plastic Problem: A Conversation with Matt Simon

July 26, 2023

Putting People First: Safeguarding our Waters with Science and the Clean Water Act

June 7, 2023

Kids and Chemicals: PFAS Exposure and the Metabolism

April 26, 2023

False Climate Solutions: The Destructive Cycle of Nuclear Power in Alaska

March 29, 2023

Molecules and Mountains: Peaks, Public Health, and Science

March 23, 2023

Making the Invisible Visible: The PFAS Project Lab

February 28, 2023

PFAS in the Arctic: Identifying exposure sources & health effects in Nunavik, Canada

January 25, 2023

The Urgent Need to Address PFAS to Protect Drinking Water and Public Health

November 30, 2022

PFAS Health Effects: National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Recommendations for At-Risk Populations

November 16, 2022

Protecting Brain Development in Children: Phthalates in Food & the Critical Need for Policy Reform

September 30, 2022

Community-Based Science to Protect Future Generations

June 29, 2022

Pollution and the Planet: Perspectives on being outside the ‘Safe Operating Space’

February 23, 2022

Plastics and Climate Change: Consequences of Plastics Production, Use, and Disposal as a Major Contributor to Climate Warming and Harm to Health

December 16, 2021

The Challenge of PFAS with Dr. Linda S. Birnbaum

November 11, 2021

Protecting Water Quality, Health and the Environment: Urgent Questions Pertaining to PFAS with Dr. Carla Ng

August 18, 2021

Part II: Microplastic pollution and the effects of phthalates and other plastic-born chemicals on Alaska’s ecosystems and Alaskans’ health

July 28, 2021

Part I: Microplastic pollution and the effects of phthalates and other plastic-born chemicals on Alaska’s ecosystems and Alaskans’ health

June 30, 2021

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Breast Milk: Findings of a New Study and Policies Needed to Protect Future Generations

May 26, 2021

Mercury, Fish, and Public Health Concerns: The Proposed Donlin Gold Mine

April 28, 2021

Protecting Your Child's Health with Dr. Ruth Etzel

March 31, 2021

Plastics, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Health: Findings of a New Joint Report of the Endocrine Society and International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)

February 24, 2021

Promoting Equity and Health: An Anticolonial Model from an Indigenous-Led Marine-Science Laboratory

January 27, 2021

Promoting a Culture of Health: The Role of Racial Equity in Healing our Nation's Health Disparities

December 2, 2020

Adverse effects of PFAS on Immune System Health: Complicating recovery during the COVID-19 Pandemic

October 28, 2020

Protecting Children's Environmental Health While Re-opening Schools: Recommendations from the Healthy Schools Network

September 30, 2020

The Proposed Pebble Mine and Threats to Our Ways of Life: Bristol Bay Communities’ Ongoing Efforts to Protect Our Cultures and Health

July 29, 2020

Lessons Learned from the Alaskan Home Garden: Consequences and Alternatives to Pesticide Use for our Soils, Plants, and Ourselves

June 24, 2020

Cancer-causing Chemicals in Everyday Products: Your Right-to-Know and Necessary Actions to Prevent Harm

April 29, 2020

More Harm than Good: New Science, Legal Actions, and Policy on Oil Spill Dispersants

March 25, 2020

The Role of Mycoremediation in Alaska: Applications and limitations of mushroom-based bioremediation in cool climates

February 26, 2020

Holding Corporations Accountable for Contamination: The Role of Litigation, Regulation, and Research to Address the PFAS Problem

January 29, 2020

From the St. Lawrence River to St. Lawrence Island: The role of community engaged research in achieving environmental health and justice

December 4, 2019

The Perilous State of Federal Scientific Research: Retired NIEHS Director, Dr. Linda Birnbaum Discusses How Sidelining Science Threatens Public Health

October 16, 2019

Threats to Drinking Water and Public Health in Alaska: The Scope of the PFAS Problem, Consequences of Regulatory Inaction, and Recommendations

August 28, 2019

From Breast Cancer Awareness to Action - Rethink the Pink

June 27, 2019

Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet

May 22, 2019

International Actions to Protect Health & Environment: Report from the Stockholm Convention and Global Measures to Ban PFAS

April 24, 2019

Protecting Communities from Exposure to Harmful PFAS Chemicals: The Urgent Need for Safe Drinking Water Standards in the Absence of Federal Action

March 27, 2019

Exploitation by Exposure: Human Rights and Toxic Exposures

February 6, 2019

Toxic Hazards in Everyday Products: The Latest Science on Exposures and Adverse Health Effects Associated with Flame Retardant Chemicals

January 9, 2019

Mercury in Women of Child-bearing Age in 25 Countries: Study Finds Harmful Levels of Mercury in Women Across the Globe

December 19, 2018

PFAS Contamination of Drinking Water in Alaska and Beyond: An Update on Community and Policy Actions

November 28, 2018

A Holistic Approach to Public Health: Addressing Toxic Exposures, Environmental Justice, and Intergenerational Trauma

October 10, 2018

Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science - A Conversation with Author Carey Gillam

September 12, 2018

Proposed Donlin Mine: Contamination Concerns and Threats to Clean Air, Clean Water, and Clean Food

August 1, 2018

PFAS Contaminated Drinking Water in the US: A Look at the Extent of Contamination, the Failure of the EPA, and the Success of Community Action

June 13, 2018

Disproportionate Exposures to Toxics: A Conversation with Environmental Justice Reporter Brian Bienkowski

May 2, 2018

Nursing the Earth Back to Health: Personal and Policy Strategies for Preventing Breast Cancer

April 25, 2018

The Poison Papers: How an Activist Joined Forces with Investigative Journalists to Document the Hidden History of Herbicide Hazards 

March 28, 2018

Protecting Future Generations: The Need to Unravel Historical Intergenerational Trauma

February 28, 2018

Upholding Science and Protecting Environmental Health in the Era of “Fake News”: A Conversation with Investigative Reporter Sharon Lerner

January 31, 2018

State of the Science: Children’s Environmental Health in Alaska and the Circumpolar North

December 13, 2017

Community-Based Participatory Research on Saint Lawrence Island: How Yupik Residents are Helping to Identify Persistent Pollutants in Their Communities

November 8, 2017

The Social and Scientific Discovery of a Class of Emerging Contaminants: Per- and Polyfluorinated Chemicals

October 11, 2017

Science Informing Healthy Choices: Working Toward a Toxic-Free Future for Children

September 13, 2017

How Trump's Proposed EPA Budget Cuts Threaten Clean Air, Clean Water, and Public Health

August 15, 2017

The Future of Public Health Under President Trump: How Sidelining Science Threatens Vulnerable Communities & Children

June 22, 2017

Environmental Contributors to Breast Cancer: The Underlying Science and Opportunities for Action

May 24, 2017

International Actions to Protect Health and Environment: A Report from the Stockholm Convention on POPs

April 25, 2017

Links between Flame Retardants and Children's Social Behavior

March 29, 2017

Science & Action to Protect Our Health: Achieving Local Ordinances that Prevent the Harmful Use of Pesticides

February 22, 2017

Chemicals in Consumer Products: Science and Policy Actions to Eliminate Hazards

January 25, 2017

Plastics and Chemicals in the Marine Environment: Effects on Seabirds in the Bering Sea and on Global Marine Ecosystem

October 26, 2016

Endocrine Disruption at the Top of the World: State of the Science with a Message from Alaska

September 21, 2016

Will the New Federal Chemicals Law Adequately Protect Public Health?

August 24, 2016

Ensuring a Healthy Environment for All Children: the Need for Research, Policyand Urgent Action

July 20, 2016

Protecting Alaska's Children from Neurodevelopmental Harm: Project TENDR's New Consensus Statement on the Environmental Chemicals Contributing to Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

June 15, 2016

Mercury in the North: Sources of Contamination and International Policies to Protect Health and Human Rights

May 11, 2016

From Appalachia to Alaska: Coal Development and the Environmental Justice Movement

April 27, 2016

The Ecology of Breast Cancer: Opportunities for Prevention

April 6, 2016

Toxic Safety: Flame Retardants, Chemical Controversies and Environmental Health

March 9, 2016

Little Things Matter: Children's Health and the Impact of Low-level Exposures to Toxins on the Developing Brain

February 24, 2016

Toxic Chemicals in Our Homes: Sources, Health Effects, and How You Can Support Safer Chemicals Policy

January 13, 2016

Chemicals without Harm: A Conversation about Safer Alternatives with Ken Geiser

December 9, 2015

Why the US Leaves Deadly Chemicals on the Market: A Conversation with Journalist Elizabeth Grossman

November 10, 2015

Community-Based Participatory Research in the Arctic: Sources of Environmental Contaminants on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

October 19, 2015

Climate Change and the Release of Contaminants in the Arctic: Current Research and Potential Health Effects

September 2, 2015

What the Pink?! Protecting the Breasts You Love

August 5, 2015

The Longest Swim: A Journey Across the Pacific to Raise Awareness About Plastic Pollution

July 29, 2015

The Myth of Herbicide Safety in Alaska: How Herbicides Threaten the Health of Fish, Wildlife, and People

May 21, 2015

International Actions to Protect Health and Environment: A Report from the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

April 8, 2015

An Introduction to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: New Resource on Health Threats Posed by EDCs

March 4, 2015

Flame Retardants and Public Health: Fire Safety Without Harm

February 4, 2015

Only One Chance: How Contaminants in our Environment Impair Brain Development

December 10, 2014

Health Effects of Perinatal Exposures to BPA and Other Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs): State of the Science and Policy Update

November 19, 2014

Working for a Toxics-Free Future: International Efforts to Protect the Arctic from the World's Most Dangerous Chemicals

October 15, 2014

Toxic Chemicals in Schools: Health Hazards to Children and What You Can Do

October 1, 2014

NIEHS and Environmental Disparities in Alaska

July 30, 2014

Aamjiwnaang: A Culture in Shock with Ron Plain

June 18, 2014

Fukushima: A View from the Ocean with Ken Buesseler

May 28, 2014

Breast Cancer Prevention: Beyond Pink Ribbons

April 30, 2014

Acid Rock Drainage and Water Quality: Potential Environmental Health Impacts in Alaska

March 25, 2014

Exposure to Toxic Chemicals among Pregnant Women and Children: The Role of Prevention with Tracey Woodruff

March 12, 2014

Evidence-based Advocacy to Protect Children's Environmental Health: A Discussion of the Latest Science with Dr. Ruth Etzel

February 5, 2014

Fire Safety Without Harm: How New Flammability Standards in California Protect the Health and Environment of Alaskans

December 4, 2013

The Emerging Science of Epigentics: How Environmental Exposures Today May Affect Our Future Generations

November 13, 2013

Dirty Coal: From Mining to Mercury Contamination - Alaska to Asia and Back

October 16, 2013

Breast Cancer and the Environment: Prioritizing Prevention

September 18, 2013

Asking the Right Questions: Are Women of Childbearing Age at Risk of Exposure to Multiple Pollutants?

August 14, 2013

The Chemical Industry's Dangerous Game of Whack-a-Mole: Public Health Implications of Chlorinated Tris as a Replacement for Banned Flame Retardants

July 24, 2013

Lessons from Libby, Montana: Mining, Asbestos, and Public Health

June 26, 2013

The Rise of the US Environmental Health Movement: A Conversation with Activist and Author Kate Davies

May 29, 2013

The Story of Camp Lejeune: Contaminated Drinking Water, Cancer Clusters and the Struggle for Justice

April 24, 2013

Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in the Artic Environment: Sources, Transport and Health Concerns for Fish, Wildlife and People

March 6, 2013

Environmental Exposures and Autism:The Interplay Between Genes, Environment and Health Status

February 13, 2013

Toxic Chemicals in Your Home: New Study Finds Hazardous Flame Retardants in Couches on the Rise

February 6, 2013

Nurses in the Halls of Power

January 23, 2013

The Toll of Alaska's Coal: Health Impacts of Coal Export

November 28, 2012

Pollution from Pesticides: How Transnational Chemical Corporations Violate Basic Human Rights

October 24, 2012

The Unnatural History of Breasts: Industrial Chemicals, Breast Cancer, and Early Puberty

September 26, 2012

Preventing Harm to Children: The Healthy Schools Movement

September 5, 2012

Protecting Public Health in Alaska: The Opportunity of the Safe Chemicals Act

July 25, 2012

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals - New Directions in Science and Policy

June 28, 2012

Hidden Chemicals in Consumer Products: What's Not on the Label

May 30, 2012

Little Changes: A Discussion with Author Kristi Marsh on How to Avoid Chemicals in Food and Everyday Products

April 25, 2012

Assessing the Public Health Impacts of Coal Transportation and Export: From Whatcom County, Washington to Seward, Alaska

March 26, 2012

Upholding Our Human Right to Live in a Healthy Environment

March 21, 2012

Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Products: Health Effects of Flame Retardants (PBDEs) and State Policies to Prevent Exposures

February 15, 2012

Coal's Assault on Human Health

January 11, 2012

Science and Action to Protect Public Health: How Healthcare Professionals Are Changing Chemicals Policy

December 14, 2011

The Role of Environmental Chemicals in the Development of Diabetes and Obesity

November 30, 2011

Breathe Free: Protecting Community Health from Toxic Coal Dust

October 26, 2011

Chemical Contaminants in Traditional Foods from St. Lawrence Island: Findings from a New Study and Update on International Actions to Eliminate Persistent Pollutants

September 29, 2011

The Role of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) in Decisions that Affect Communities: A Case Study of Proposed Coal Mining in the Matanuska Valley

August 1, 2011

Coal Mining in Alaska: Hazards to Human Health and the Environment

June 1, 2011

State of the Evidence: The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment

May 25, 2011

International Actions to Eliminate the World's Most Dangerous Chemicals: Update from the Stockholm Convention

April 6, 2011

Protecting the Health of Alaskans and Our Future Generations through State Chemicals Policy Reform

March 16, 2011

Green Chemistry and Safer Alternatives to Toxic Flame Retardants

January 26, 2011

Health Hazards of Toxic Flame Retardants in Everyday Products

December 15, 2010

Bisphenol A (BPA): What It Does, Where It's Found, and What We Can Do to Reduce Our Exposure

November 24, 2010

Climate Change and Contaminants: Implications and Potential Impacts

October 27, 2010

International Actions to Eliminate the World's Most Dangerous Chemicals

September 15, 2010

Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health and the Promise of Green Chemistry: A Discussion with Author Elizabeth Grossman

August 11, 2010

The Hidden Hazards of Coal Development in Alaska: Public Health and Coal Combustion Waste

June 30, 2010

The New Science of How Herbicides Affect Health and the Environment

May 25, 2010

Breast Cancer: Environmental Links and Opportunities for Prevention

May 12, 2010

Coal Development in Alaska: Threats to Human Health

March 30, 2010

Environmental Contaminants and Reproductive Health: Reasons for Concern

February 24, 2010

Mind, Disrupted: A Conversation with Project Leaders and Participants

September 30, 2009

Creating Healthy Schools in Alaska: What You Need to Know to Protect Children from Toxic Exposures