Press Stories

2012:

 

Storybus Tours: How the Environment Affects Health
Community Involvement in Environmental Public Health
Traffic-related asthma costs two cities big money
Activists push for highway air monitoring
Opposition Builds Over Port of LA's Rail Yard Analysis
Suit Targets Dirty Air
Up in the Air: The Fight for Clean Air in Boyle Heights
Diesel report’s publication delayed as industry demands to see documents first

Los Angeles Magazine. The Lung and the Restless. An expert explains why L.A.’s air quality shouldn't spoil your workout
Asthma Rate and Costs from Traffic Pollution Higher: Much Higher Than Past Traditional Risk Assessments Have Indicated
 

2010:

 
Study Points to Environmental Factors of Autism
Biomarker predicts asthma in children
Controversial Pesticide Worries Scientists
In Schools Near Traffic, A Is for Asthma
Air Pollution Exposure at Schools Linked to Childhood Asthma

 

2009:

 
Stress and Pollution Up Risk for Children
Impacts of Air Pollution May be Underestimated
USC-Led Study Finds Link Between Parental Stress, Air Pollution, and Children's Risk for Developing Asthma

 

2008:

 
Getting the nitty-gritty on street-level smog
Fired Up- Barbecuing safety
Is your commute killing you?
Drive Time Can be Hazardous to Health
Global Trade Comes Home: Community Impacts of Goods Movement

 

2007:

 
Drive time raises health risks
Genes linked to increased asthma risk
Exercise reduces breast cancer risk
Health effects from car exhaust exposure can last a lifetime
Where there's fire, there's smoke?and related breathing problems
USC epidemiologist studies potential anti-cancer properties of green tea

National Library of Medicine and MedlinePlus report on the Center study on freeway exhaust and lung development

 

2006:

 

Asthma risk soars for children who smoke

Wildfires Raise Smoke Signals

NIEHS funds $2.7 million study of environment's effects on epigenome

USC awarded $1.6 million for lymphoma study

Dogs and smog are bad mix for children with asthma

Living near heavy traffic nearly triples chance of ER visits or hospitalizations for asthma sufferers

USC twin study shows how geography and genes increase multiple sclerosis risk

Promoting health
NIH awards USC-based center $8.6 million for environmental studies

USC researchers link asthma in children to highway proximity

Melanoma study finds Latinos at rising risk

Keck smoking study links genetics to school absences

 

2005:

 
Researchers link childhood asthma to exposure to traffic-related pollution
Air pollution found to pose greater danger to health than earlier thought
Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later

Ozone exposure in pregnant women linked to low-birthweight babies

"Larry Mantle's air talk" - KPCC radio broadcast transcript on Children's Environmental Health (segment with Dr. James Gauderman). To order tapes of the full series go to KPCC's website .

 

2004:

 
Scientists Identify Genes That Regulate Allergic Response to Diesel Fumes
USC study links smoggy air to lung damage in children
Smog may speed atherosclerosis

 

2003:

 
Environmental tobacco smoke increases school absenteeism
Preventive medicine professor honored for helping to clear the air
USC preventive medicine researchers examine volcanic air pollution
UCLA/USC study finds damage to human cells exposed to air pollution
Take my breath away: women who smoke during pregnancy put unborn children at risk
Second hand smoke danger to children goes beyond health problems
Asthma rises with exposure to chemicals, pollutants in infancy
Handcuffing genes: DNA methylation is silencing the very genes that may be needed to stop cells from being cancerous
Deploy soy: the protective benefits may depend on the time when it is consumed
Trouble in paradise (volcanic gases)

 

2002:

 
Exercise caution: study shows air pollution may trigger asthma in young athletes
USC study confirms air pollution linked to slow lung growth in children
Study shows that lungs develop better in kids who move away from pollution
A geographic solution for kids' lungs affected by pollution
Environmental summit seeks comments from community on environmental health issues
Ozone-tainted air may harm sperm development
Vitamins play crucial role in lung health
Healthoughts: vitamins and air pollution
Lung health in children linked to magnesium, potassium intake
Genetic link between permanent hair dye use, bladder cancer risk
California teachers at higher risk for breast and other cancers

 

2001:

 
Smog shown as major cause of kids' sick days

 

2000:

 
Smog stunts lung growth in children
Smoke gets in young lungs
NIH awards USC researchers $2.6 million to study effects of air pollution
Long-term estrogen replacement therapy linked to breast cancer risk
USC smog study spanning a decade underscores health risks for children

 

1999:

 
Chapter on "Air pollution and children's health" from the Health Atlas of Southern California (1999).
USC study exposes hazards: Air pollution linked to chronic health problems in children
USC study shows asthmatic kids hardest hit by air pollution
Smog study of children yields ominous results
USC gets $12 million grant to study teen smoking

 

1998:

 
USC to serve as federal research site for children's health
USC conference hosts nation's top environmental health experts
Researchers ask why smog chokes some kids, spares others

 

1997:

 
Study points to air pollution as major contributor to childhood illness

 

1996:

 
USC gets $5 million for Environmental Health Sciences Center