Wendee Nicole

Nov 7, 2024 | ehp.niehs.nih.gov | Wendee Nicole

: Environmental Health PerspectivesVolume 132, Issue 11CID: 112001Clad in a cobalt blue jumpsuit—the field outfit of the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar (IPM)—Malagasy scientist Adélaïde Miarinjara was tweezing fleas, one by one, from a plate of soapy water, a “candle trap” she had set the night before inside a family home. Like others in the region, the two-story house arises from the rust-red earth it is made from, topped with a palm-thatch roof.

Nov 3, 2024 | ehp.niehs.nih.gov | Wendee Nicole

Intestinal microbes are known to regulate certain aspects of metabolism in mice1,2 and humans.3 Microplastics are one environmental exposure that can disrupt the balance of gut microbiota in mouse models.4,5 Generally defined as plastic particles measuring 1μm to 5mm in diameter,6 microplastics have been documented in various human body tissues and excreta,7 leading to a growing interest in how exposures may affect human health outcomes.8 In a study recently published in Environmental Health...

Sep 22, 2024 | news.asu.edu | Wendee Nicole

By Wendee NicoleThe 3D model of the Psyche asteroid that sits on ASU Regents Professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton’s desk, a gray elliptical “potato” with craters, is the best rendition possible without ever seeing it up close. Out of a million and a half larger asteroids, Psyche isone of few thought to be primarily made of metal, “which makes it a really unique and exciting target,” says Elkins-Tanton, principal investigator for the NASA Psyche Discovery mission.

Jun 25, 2024 | ehp.niehs.nih.gov | Wendee Nicole

Every year, manufacturers across the globe produce plastic resins and fibers at a scale of hundreds of millions of metric tons.1 Products made from those materials degrade in the environment into increasingly smaller pieces that humans and animals can ingest or inhale.2 Other plastics are already tiny when they enter the environment, such as microbeads in personal care products that eventually wash down the drain.

Jun 24, 2024 | ehp.niehs.nih.gov | Wendee Nicole

Environmental health literacy as a discipline emerged in the 1970s,1,2 but in the past decade the field has expanded beyond measuring a person’s environmental health knowledge and skills to assessing how social factors influence their decisions.3,4 Most tools that measure environmental health literacy—such as the Short Assessment of Environmental Health Literacy4 or the Environmental Health Engagement Profile5—do so in a general fashion.