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Environmental engineering

A front view photo of kale in the garden
Environmental health
Superfood safety
Published Feb 21, 2024
Novel chemical analysis by a Johns Hopkins-led team provides insight into safety of Maryland-grown kale
A male Asian chef wearing a surgical mask makes stir fry in a commercial kitchen
Environmental health
Order up for cleaner kitchen air
Published Dec 7, 2023
A research team that included a JHU air-quality expert has developed a new method for better estimating potential exposure to cooking-related emissions during stir-frying
Quebec Canada Wildfire Smoke Consumes New Jersey and New York City June 7 2023
Environmental health
Wildfires likely to grow more common on East Coast, experts predict
Published June 12, 2023
Hopkins scholars discuss the harmful effects of smoke from the Canadian wildfires and how residents can protect themselves and prepare for next time
Water flows out of a series of pipes in a water treatment plant
Water treatment
Filtration methods remove harmful 'forever chemicals' from drinking water
Published Oct 24, 2022
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, are industrial chemicals that are commonly found in drinking water despite being hazardous to human health
A gloved person opens a large industrial canister of chemicals
Q+A
Study: EPA approach to assessing chemical health risks falls short
Published Oct 20, 2022
The Lautenberg Act was designed to shore up toxic substance safety assessments, but regulators are not using best practices, Johns Hopkins researcher finds
A coal-fired power plant with smoke rising from smokestacks
Q+A
After Supreme Court EPA ruling, regulatory patchwork remains
Published Aug 23, 2022
A lack of unified national regulation will not only slow the Biden administration's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but will also slow business investments and innovation, according to climate policy expert Paul Ferraro
A worker scoops oil and mud during cleanup of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Environmental health
Dirty work
Published June 3, 2022
Gurumurthy Ramachandran reflects on the first study of its kind to examine detailed exposures to toxins during the largest marine oil spill in history in the Gulf of Mexico
A house is fumigated
Environmental health
Researcher sheds light on the main source of a rare but destructive greenhouse gas
Published March 11, 2022
Environmental health and engineering PhD student Dylan Gaeta discusses his study linking the unregulated insecticide sulfuryl fluoride to a common fumigation practice in California
Manicure tools are disinfected using UV light
Safely handling new technologies
Published Jan 11, 2022
Online training modules will focus on the safe development and use of emerging tech such as additive manufacturing, disinfection tech, nanobiotechnology, and e-cigarettes
Glass of water on a table
Engineering
A new approach to safer tap water
Published Aug 31, 2021
Leveraging bioassays and artificial intelligence could help identify previously unknown chemical mixtures in the water supply, say Carsten Prasse and Paul Ferraro