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Heart Rate Variability and Performance of Commercial Airline Pilots during Flight Simulations

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A review of the pathways of human exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and present understanding of health effects

Phthalate and Organophosphate Plasticizers in Nail Polish: Evaluation of Labels and Ingredients

Firefighters Put Their Lives On The Line In Fires — And At Firehouses

The on-board carbon dioxide concentrations and ventilation performance in passenger cabins of US domestic flights

Airplane pilot flight performance on 21 maneuvers in a flight simulator under varying carbon dioxide concentrations

Reduced cognitive function during a heat wave among residents of non-air-conditioned buildings: An observational study of young adults in the summer of 2016

The Built Environment and Sleep, Ch 23 of Sleep, Health and Society

The Aliso Canyon gas leak was a disaster. There are 10,000 more storage wells out there just like it

Assessment of noise in the airplane cabin environment

The Formaldehyde in Your E-Cigs

Using Twitter to Better Understand the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Public Sentiment: A Case Study in Massachusetts, USA

Energy savings, emission reductions, and health co-benefits of the green building movement

Building Evidence for Health: Green Buildings, Current Science, and Future Challenges

Physiological and cognitive performance of exposure to biophilic indoor environment

Don’t Get Too Comfortable at That Desk

Why Office Buildings Should Run Like Spaceships

Radon-Induced Lung Cancer Deaths May Be Overestimated Due to Failure to Account for Confounding by Exposure to Diesel Engine Exhaust in BEIR VI Miner Studies

Flavoring Chemicals and Aldehydes in E-Cigarette Emissions

Simulated Energy Performance in Residence Halls

Environmental Microbiota in Academic Mouse Research Facilities

Flame Retardant Chemicals in College Dormitories

Kerosene Lighting and Household Air Pollution in Rural Uganda

MA SMART - Schools for Health

Flavoring Chemicals in E-Cigarettes

The CogFx Study - Buildingomics

The CogFx Study - Indoor Environmental Quality

Airplane Pilot Mental Health & Suicidality

IN THE NEWS

May 14, 2019

Environmental Health Perspectives: Brain Fog: Does Air Pollution Make Us Less Productive?

May 07, 2019

Reuters: Rubber playground surfaces may contain high lead levels

May 06, 2019

The New York Times: Is Conference Room Air Making You Dumber?

Apr 25, 2019

Harvard Gazette: Bugged by vaping

Apr 24, 2019

WBUR: Study Finds Signs Of Bacteria And Fungi In Many Vaping Products

Mar 18, 2019

Our Healthy Buildings team leads a 2-day exec ed course at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Mar 07, 2019

Our director Dr. Joseph Allen was a keynote speaker at the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit in Israel

Oct 10, 2018

TIME: Even 'Non-Toxic' Nail Polish May Contain Harmful Chemicals, Study Says

Aug 14, 2018

Harvard Gazette: Study links air quality to air safety

Aug 10, 2018

CBC Radio Interview: Why the airline industry might want to lower cockpit CO2 levels

Aug 08, 2018

Bloomberg: Stale Cockpit Air May Be Dulling Your Airline Pilot’s Performance

Aug 08, 2018

Newsweek: A PILOT'S PERFORMANCE IS AFFECTED BY COCKPIT C02 LEVELS, STUDY SUGGESTS

Jun 07, 2018

Piers MacNaughton keynotes Canada Green Building Council conference

Jun 05, 2018

The Healthy Buildings undertakes professional training with the Op-Ed Project

Jun 06, 2018

Joe Allen and United Technology Corporation wins prestigious WorldGBC Global Award

May 31, 2018

Dr. Joseph Allen featured on Race to 9 Billion podcast

May 30, 2018

C-CHANGE Officially Launches, John Kerry keynotes the event

Apr 14, 2018

Are we ready for the deadly heat waves of the future?

Feb 14, 2018

Your building might be making you sick. Joe Allen can help.

Jan 31, 2018

Augusta Williams wins prestigious Harvard Climate Change Solutions Fund

Aug 14, 2017

Cancer alarm at the firehouse

Feb 08, 2018

Beyond Climate: A Student Perspective

Jan 11, 2018

A Greener, More Healthful Place to Work

Jan 02, 2018

These toxic chemicals are everywhere — even in your body. And they won’t ever go away.

Aug 14, 2017

AASHE announces Sustainability Awards finalists

Jul 26, 2017

Harvard Magazine: Cognitive Benefits of Healthy Buildings

May 10, 2017

Politico: What makes a building healthy?

Mar 21, 2017

Harvard Business Review: Stale Office Air is Making You Less Productive

Mar 10, 2017

Boston Globe: Can an office building make you healthier and more productive?

Feb 14, 2017

National Geographic: 5 Surprising Ways Buildings Can Improve Our Health

Feb 07, 2017

Study opens door to better sleep, work, health

Dec 16, 2016

Green Buildings Make You Work Smarter and Sleep Sounder

Dec 15, 2016

Washington Post: Stop playing whack-a-mole with hazardous chemicals

Dec 22, 2016

THE AVIATION INDUSTRY MUST TACKLE THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH

Dec 15, 2016

Hundreds of airline pilots are suicidal or thinking of self-harm, study finds

Dec 15, 2016

Playing Games with Toxic Chemicals: Innocent until proven guilty may be the right starting point for criminal justice, but it is disastrous chemical policy

Dec 14, 2016

Survey reveals significant number of airline pilots report depressive symptoms, suicidal thoughts

Dec 08, 2015

Chemicals Linked with Severe Respiratory Disease Found in Common E-Cigarette Flavors

Dec 08, 2015

The Butter Flavor Chemical Used in Microwave Popcorn Is Also in E-Cigs

Dec 08, 2015

E-cigarettes contain flavouring chemical linked to deadly 'popcorn lung'

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