In her summer research, Sarah Barbo searches for links between nature and public health. These connections help make a new kind of business case for the environment: dramatic savings in health care costs.
Tag: Public Health
Everything I Learned in Kindergarten
Mercury, a tenaciously persistent element, doesn’t just go away. In towns along the Madre de Dios River in Peru, David Gonzalez is studying how gold mining puts public health at risk.
Beef, Banality, and Economics
Economists compare the benefits of beef with the environmental costs of cattle ranching and delve into the surprising science of cow pee.