Dana E. Goin

May 16, 2024 | ehp.niehs.nih.gov | Dana E. Goin

: Environmental Health PerspectivesVolume 132, Issue 5CID: 057004IntroductionFluoridation of community water systems in the United States began in 1945 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.1 At this time, researchers initiated what was supposed to be a 15-y epidemiological study of water fluoridation and rates of dental decay in Grand Rapids and Muskegon, a nearby town, serving as a control community.

May 9, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Shelley Jung |Emily Liu |Dana E. Goin |Kara E. Rudolph

Introduction SARS-CoV-2 infection has physiologic effects on pregnancy that influence perinatal health, including immune and inflammatory responses that affect placental function.1 To date, connections of COVID-19 with adverse perinatal outcomes have been documented in large population studies and meta-analyses,2 but research separating individual SARS-CoV-2 infection from other changing risks during the pandemic is lacking.

Aug 9, 2023 | ehp.niehs.nih.gov | Dana E. Goin |Amy M. Padula

Despite well-established relationships between exposure to air pollution and risk for pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes, there is a lack of scientific understanding of the physiological mechanisms underlying these effects.1 The paper by Zheng et al.2 in this issue of Environmental Health Perspectives helps to fill this gap by characterizing the longitudinal associations of exposure to ozone, particulate matter begin subscript 2.5 end subscriptPM2.5PM2.5, and nitrogen...