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Research from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, UC Berkeley and Cornell University conducted an examination of peer-reviewed studies published over six years on hazardous air pollutants associated with the extraction of oil and natural gas, and found that that measurements of hazardous air pollutant concentrations near operational sites have generally failed to capture levels above standard health benchmarks; yet, the majority of studies continue to find poor health outcomes increasing as distance from these operations decreases.

A new study by UCLA and University of Southern California researchers, including Fielding School professors Tim Malloy and John Froines, concludes that commissioners are issuing permits for pesticide use without considering safer alternatives, and without evaluating the health implications of “cumulative exposure,” which occurs when growers apply two or more pesticides to the same or adjacent fields.

Nine in 10 lack insurance, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, associate professor in FSPH's Department of Community Health Sciences, found that the murder rate in Mexico increased so dramatically between 2005 and 2015 that it partially offset expected gains in life expectancy among men in the country.