Dear Friends,
With great sorrow we share the loss of Cecil Corbin-Mark, the Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives at WE ACT for Environmental Justice. All of us at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health are extremely saddened by his untimely passing. He was a true champion of environmental justice. His leadership and dedication to creating a safer and a more just world for ALL will remain an inspiration to us. Our hearts are with his family, friends, and colleagues at WE ACT. Please take a moment to read WE ACT's announcement and join us in celebrating his life and legacy.
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Environmental Health Research
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A group of researchers from four universities, including Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, has released preliminary findings that highlight the health benefits of policies to reduce carbon pollution from the transportation sector.
Scientists from the Transportation, Equity, Climate and Health (TRECH) initiative presented their independent analysis to state policymakers and stakeholders who are considering how best to design climate mitigation programs and achieve health gains, as part of the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional collaboration of 12 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia. They modeled the potential health and economic benefits under several TCI policy scenarios representing a range of emissions reduction caps and investment strategies. The states expect to finalize a memorandum of understanding this fall.
Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions at 28 percent and 30 percent respectively. Cars, trucks, and buses also emit tons of air pollutants each year contributing to asthma, heart disease, pre-term births, and premature death among other health impacts, with the largest impacts in underserved and overburdened communities who have experienced persistently elevated pollution exposure due to a long history of racist policies.
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Community Outreach Activities
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Heating Oil Poster Campaign
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This Fall in partnership with WE ACT, we are kicking-off our Heating Oil Campaign to encourage burning cleaner fuel. In April 2019, Intro1253-C passed in New York City mandating emissions reductions by 2030.
Help us inform your friends and community about burning cleaner fuel like heating oil #2 and Natural Gas.
You can download the bi-lingual English/Spanish poster from our website at mailman.columbia.edu/ccceh or email mu3@cumc.columbia.edu with the subject line "Poster Campaign ", your name and address and we will send posters you can post in your building and share with your friend pod to post!
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College Prep
Thank you all for sharing the College Prep announcement in early October - your efforts made for a successful event!
A special thanks to Amy Durham from Branching Out, and CollegeEDge and Mr. Hill for a wonderful two days of service to youth development.
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Community Environmental Health and Justice Needs Assessment
COTC, Community Outreach and Translation Core, team will soon be launching our Environmental Health and Justice, EHJ, Needs Assessment to understand the EHJ issues as defined by members of the Bronx, Harlem and Washington Heights, communities. We are excited to collaborate with our partners to ensure a comprehensive implementation of the EHJ Community Needs Assessment.
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As part of the ECHO (Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes) National Institutes of Health research initiative, Dr. Julie Herbstman is part of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion working group that values insights from the field. We are proud to share thoughts from our study participants and staff in the next few monthly newsletters.
"As a Latino man who grew up in poverty, I am well aware of the many health disparities that exist in my community. ECHO is a chance to help quantify that disparity so that the facts are solidified. I grew up in an environment where it was considered normal for children to suffer from diseases like asthma or obesity. Having suffered from both of these illnesses myself, I am very eager to participate in this study. I want to know, and I want everyone to know why it is so common for people in my community to suffer from environmental issues that jeopardize their growth and health. I am proud to be a part of this study and I hope it can bring the social and political changes we need to survive as people in this complex society. " D. M. (CCCEH Youth Council Member)
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Congratulations to
Dr. Andrea Baccarelli
Named to National Academy of Medicine
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Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD, Leon Hess Professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, was elected to the National Academy of Medicine effective October 1. Dr. Baccarelli was named to the Academy for his pioneering work showing that environmental chemicals and lifestyle risk factors adversely affect the human epigenome, thereby producing adverse lifetime health consequences. READ MORE
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There are some surprise ingredients that don't belong in your home - or homemade bread - like flame retardants and BPA. Want to make sure toxic chemicals aren't sneaking their way into your food? Visit recipesforhealth.org
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Dear Friends,
Our research has contributed to evidence that exposure to pollutants during sensitive fetal and early childhood periods can result in adverse health. You are an integral part of these efforts and this team.
Help us create a world in which every child has a healthy start.
When you give to the Center, you are investing in the health and well-being of children and families. Your support is yielding both immediate and long-term benefits to children’s health today and in the future.
We hope you will make a tax-free gift donation to the Center in order to continue this important work. Your gift will protect the gains that we have achieved together and will support our ongoing efforts to help our most vulnerable children thrive.
With Gratitude,
All of us at CCCEH
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Stay Healthy and Safe,
Julie and Ricky
Julie Herbstman, PhD
Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
Frederica P. Perera, DrPH, PhD
Director of Translational Research and Founding Director
Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
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Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
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