WInSTEP Environmental Health Science Program: Science and Society
Resources for Teachers and Students
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Environment and Health: Connections with High School Biology and Chemistry by Dr. David PeteringThis video presentation provides context about the societal importance of environmental health and chemical toxicology, including a focus on environmental justice.
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The Safety of Commercially Produced Chemicals Is a Key to a Healthy Society and Environment: A History of Chemical Contamination in the United States and Continuing Efforts to Limit Environmental PollutionStudent research in the WInSTEP SEPA program focuses on investigating the health impacts of environmental and lifestyle chemicals. How important is such research? This is a crucial question. This essay provides teachers and students with our answer in the form of an historical overview of the increasingly pervasive exposure of humans to industrial chemicals. Note: The references for this essay are available in the box below this section.
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Fishy Noise: Using Science to Empower Youth and Their CommunityJoint research project with Our Next Generation, the UWM Children's Environmental Health Sciences Center, and Sanchez Industrial Design, Inc. to examine noise-induced stress on zebrafish and how that may reflect stress behavior in humans due to noise.
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Community-Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool (C-FERST)Community-Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool (C-FERST) provides access to resources that can be used to help communities learn more about their environmental issues and risks. The options show how to use C-FERST to view a community's environment, compare community environmental conditions, explore and learn about environmental issues, plan projects with community guides, and participate in the C-FERST User Forum.
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Funding to Eliminate Lead Hazards, From Paint to Pipes, is in Biden's Build Back Better Bill. Here's What That Could Mean for MilwaukeeExperts contend that much more is needed to support projects that will reduce lead contamination via pipes and paint. Here's what you need to know about how the federal legislation in the proposed Build Back Better bill could affect Milwaukee's lead hazards in pipes and paint.
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Generation Chemical: How Environmental Exposures are Affecting Reproductive Health and DevelopmentIn this 7-part webinar series, learn from top scientists and experts on the impact of environmental exposures and toxics on reproductive health, pregnancy, and development.
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Resources for Concerned ConsumersLead service lines (LSLs) are the pipe that connects homes and other buildings to the water main in the street. They are the largest source of lead in contact with drinking water. While Congress banned new installation of LSLs in 1986 due to health risks, an estimated 6-10 million homes across the nation still are served by lead pipes.
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Safe Urban GardeningWhat could be healthier than a backyard garden? In this podcast, we learn why soil contamination makes gardening potentially risky in some areas. Our experts explain what recent research can tell us about safe gardening practices.
References for the Essay, "The Safety of Commercially Produced Chemicals is a Key to a Healthy Society and Environment" by Dr. David Petering
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1. Dr. Peterings "Environmental Health Short Course"This short course provides an introduction to environmental health, examples of environmental adaptation, and implications for the environment and human health.