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Follow some of the latest news publications by members of the Healthy Buildings team and others who are contributing valuable, science-based, and comprehensible information on health in the built environment.

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Feb 20, 2024

Our Global Chemical Experiment

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Thrive Global

Apr 12, 2023

Fast Company: How PFAS were cleverly rebranded as ‘forever chemicals’

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Fast Company

Jan 25, 2023

HSPH: Exposure to hormone-disrupting chemical mixtures common among office workers

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HSPH

Jan 23, 2023

Building HVAC Science: Building Science Collides with Health Science, the Dawn of a New Era

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Building HVAC Science

Dec 21, 2022

BBC: 3M manufacturing giant to stop making ‘forever chemicals’

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BBC News

Nov 10, 2022

U.S. News & World Report: ‘Healthier’ Furniture Without PFAS Toxins Brings Healthier Offices

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U.S. News

Nov 9, 2022

Technology Networks: “Healthy” Furnishings Help To Reduce PFAS in Homes

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Technology Networks

Nov 8, 2022

HSPH: PFAS levels lower in buildings with healthier furnishings

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HSPH

Apr 15, 2021

HSPH: Chemical-laden indoor dust may interfere with sexual development, reproduction

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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Mar 23, 2021

Harvard is taking steps to eliminate harmful chemicals on campus

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Harvard University Sustainability

Mar 17, 2021

Science and Engineering Complex named one of the world’s healthiest lab buildings

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The Harvard Gazette

Feb 5, 2021

Boston Globe: Firefighters may be wearing gear that contains toxic chemicals, researchers find

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Boston Globe

Dec 2, 2020

The Intercept: Toxic PFAS Chemicals Discovered in Hundreds of Products

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The Intercept

Jan 2, 2018

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

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The Washington Post

Jan 1, 2017

Healthier Building Materials

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Harvard President's Administration Innovation Fund

Dec 15, 2016

Stop playing wack-a-mole with hazardous chemicals

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The Washington Post

Nov 1, 2015

Harvard pledges to purchase chemical flame retardant-free furniture

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Harvard School of Public Health