{"id":774,"date":"2024-09-28T14:36:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T14:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/?page_id=774"},"modified":"2024-11-12T12:50:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:50:35","slug":"toxics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/research\/research-briefs\/toxics\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-toxics\">Toxics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/05\/6528076149_c5810a06e9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Large mound of trash, next to road and store. \" class=\"wp-image-1390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/05\/6528076149_c5810a06e9_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/05\/6528076149_c5810a06e9_b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/05\/6528076149_c5810a06e9_b-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Exposure to environmental toxins &#8212; from poor indoor air quality, vehicle exhaust to industrial waste &#8212; &nbsp;is linked to negative health outcomes. &nbsp;Existing research indicates that some exposure is due to individual behaviors, such as smoking, but that residential proximity to toxins in the built environment is a key contributor to negative health risks. &nbsp;This brief summarizes the latest in research on the topic of toxics, health and place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-health-and-places-initiative-hapi-research-brief\"><strong>Health and Places Initiative (HAPI) Research Brief<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/10\/HAPI-Research-Brief-Toxics-102814-copyedited.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Toxics, Health, and Place<\/a>&nbsp;[PDF]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-external-resources\"><strong>External Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/research\/research-briefs\/research-brief-resources\/\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">View External Resources on Toxics<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/05\/6523583513_0b78ec3012_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1389\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/05\/6523583513_0b78ec3012_b.jpg\" alt=\"Pile of garbage bags, debris, and other items for disposal. \" class=\"wp-image-1389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/05\/6523583513_0b78ec3012_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/05\/6523583513_0b78ec3012_b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/05\/6523583513_0b78ec3012_b-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/11\/Toxics_agriculture_China.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1870\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/11\/Toxics_agriculture_China.jpg\" alt=\"Dirt road, blocked by gravel for construction. Families walk by as dust spews into air. \" class=\"wp-image-1870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/11\/Toxics_agriculture_China.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/11\/Toxics_agriculture_China-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/11\/Toxics_agriculture_China-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/10\/Vulnerable-Structures_Beihai-China-e1412787737887.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-id=\"1493\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/10\/Vulnerable-Structures_Beihai-China-e1412787737887.jpg\" alt=\"Building made out of a variety of materials. \" class=\"wp-image-1493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/10\/Vulnerable-Structures_Beihai-China-e1412787737887.jpg 500w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/10\/Vulnerable-Structures_Beihai-China-e1412787737887-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toxics Exposure to environmental toxins &#8212; from poor indoor air quality, vehicle exhaust to industrial waste &#8212; &nbsp;is linked to negative health outcomes. &nbsp;Existing research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"parent":1403,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-774","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}