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Reusing the lithium found in fracking wastewater as a component of longer-lasting batteries sounds like a worthy goal. However, it is important to ensure that the extraction process is done in a way that minimizes impact on the environment and public health, YSPH Associate Professor Nicole Deziel says in this news report.

Kei-Hoi Cheung, PhD, has been awarded a grant by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to research environmental health data and drinking water contamination using AI methods.

Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences) Nicole Deziel and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) Amy Bei recently participated in the National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM) Emerging Leaders Forum in Washington D.C.

“It then can be challenging to have regulations keep pace with the latest science,” said Dr. Nicole Deziel, a Yale Cancer Center researcher and associate professor of environmental health sciences at Yale School of Public Health.

The process of fracking involves known carcinogens, and fracking has been linked to cancers in children and young adults, but it remains unclear whether fracking causes cancer. YSPH Associate Professor Nicole Deziel provides insight on the issue.

Populations worldwide are exposed to a myriad of chemicals via drinking water, yet only a handful of chemicals have been thoroughly evaluated with regard to human exposures and health. Yale School of Public Health's Dr. Nicole Deziel discusses some of the core issues surrounding this pressing public health concern.

A new study published in the Lancet journal eBioMedicine reports a link between PFAS exposure and increased risk of thyroid cancer. YSPH Associate Professor Nicole Deziel comments on the findings.

PFAS chemicals are present in the drinking water in many, but not all, parts of Connecticut. And the state’s water companies are waiting for regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency that will force them to take action to treat their water if it test for too-high levels of PFAS.

A new federally-funded study in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology has found that compounds called phenols, and the synthetic chemicals PFAS, were linked to different kinds of cancer in white women and women of color. PFAS were linked to ovarian and uterine cancers mainly in white women, and phenols were linked more to breast cancer in non-white women. Phenols and PFAS are found in hundreds of daily consumer products. The researchers stated that the racial differences are particularly impactful because of racial disparities in exposure to these chemicals. Nicole Deziel, member of the Yale Cancer Center and associate professor of epidemiology (environmental sciences) at Yale School of Public Health, who is not associated with the study, said the findings “provided a lot of new information suggesting that exposure to PFAS could be associated with a variety of hormonally related cancers, particularly in women.”