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Press Stories:
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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 on Children's Environmental Health (segment with Dr. James Gauderman). To order tapes of the full series go to KPCC's website.

used with permission of KPCC
 
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
People living near major freeways are exposed to 30x more dangerous particles from vehicle
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
Child’s play: promoting good health in childhood
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
NIEHS Center works with Boyle Heights Mejoramiento
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 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
Environmental Health Perspectives article on the Center
 
1997:
Smog study finds children don't breathe easy
Study points to air pollution as major contributor to childhood illness
 
1996:
USC gets $5 million for Environmental Health Sciences Center
Exposures in Eden: new center to study environmental factors that affect your health