| Scientific discoveries, new tools, and improved approaches have rapidly expanded the field of environmental health—the study of environmental influences on human health and disease. Evaluating the utility and importance of findings derived from these new tools and new approaches in guiding public health decisions can be a daunting challenge. At the request of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, the National Academies formed the Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions to facilitate communication among government, industry, environmental groups, and the academic community about scientific advances that may be used in the identification, quantification, and control of environmental impacts on human health. New methods and approaches that can be used to identify and control environmental impacts on human health are explored in regular workshops that provide a public venue for exchanging information and discussing potential implications for environmental health decisions. | |
Upcoming EventsBiological Factors that Underlie Individual Susceptibility to Environmental Stressors and Their Implications for Decision-Making (Washington, DC), April 18-19, 2012 More Information Systems Biology Risk Assessment (Washington, DC), June 14-15, 2012 More InformationRecent EventsEmerging Technologies for Measuring Individual Exposomes (Washington, DC), December 8-9, 2011 More InformationApplying 21st Century Toxicology to Green Chemical and Material Design (Washington, DC), September 20-21, 2011 |
What’s NewWorkshop proceedings from the Individual Exposomes workshop held December 8-9, 2011. The archived webcast and PDF versions of the PowerPoint presentations can be accessed here The most recent Emerging Science newsletter is now available for download: Predicting Later-Life Health Outcomes of Early-life Exposures (PDF)
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