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Jenna Forsyth
2024

 

Lead exposure causes $6 trillion in economic losses from premature death due to cardiovascular disease and cognitive dysfunction, says analysis | Rohini Krishnamurthy | Down To Earth | November 5, 2024

Health experts push for the elimination of a ‘remarkably harmful toxin’ | Rob Jordan | Stanford Report | November 5, 2024

20x20 | Combating lead contamination in a common spice | Woods Institute for the Environment | October 14, 2024

The world’s spending to fight global lead poisoning just doubled | Dylan Matthews | Vox | October 2, 2024

A lead poisoning mystery: How 2 detectives fingered a surprising culprit | Gabrielle Emanuel | NPR | September 23, 2024

We can protect millions of kids from a global killer — without billions of dollars | Samantha Powers, Alexander Berger | Washington Post | September 22, 2024

Lower-carbon concrete floors could pave the way to a health solution | Madison Pobis, Rob Jordan, Kurt Hickman, and Harry Gregory | Stanford Report | September 4, 2024

TIME100 Health:  Jenna Forsyth: Shoring Up Food Safety | TIME Magazine | May 2, 2024

TIME100 Most Influential People in Health | TIME Magazine | May 2, 2024

TIME Reveals the Inaugural TIME100 Health List of the World's Most Influential People in Health | PR Newswire | May 2, 2024

Why is there so much lead in American food? | Dylan Scott | Vox | April 11, 2024

2023

 

Bangladesh strikes a blow against lead poisoning | The Economist | November 2, 2023

How to stop turmeric from killing people | The Economist | November 2, 2023

What do EV batteries have to do with health? | Rob Jordan | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | October 12, 2023

Tracking down a poison: Getting the lead out of spices in Bangladesh and Georgia | Tatum McConnell | Environmental Health News | September 25, 2023

Lead poisoning kills millions annually. One country is showing the way forward. | Kelsey Piper | Vox | September 20, 2023

The Spice Sellers' Secret | Kris Newby | Stanford Medicine | June 2, 2023

2022

 

Announcing the 2022 Global Health Seed Grant Awardees:  Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy: a potential child growth intervention? [Jade Benjamin-Chung, Prasanna Jagannathan, Abel Kakuru] | Stanford Global Health | July 8, 2022

Chlorinated Drinking Water Doesn’t Disrupt Healthy Gut Microbiomes in Young Children | Tufts University | SciTechDaily | April 14, 2022

Turmeric poisoned their kids. Four Seattle-area cases show gaps in lead testing | Anna Boiko-Weyrauch | NPR: KUOW | January 24, 2022

2021

 

Higher levels of nitrate in drinking water linked to preterm birth, Stanford study finds | Erin Digitale | Stanford Medicine | May 5, 2021

Remove lead from soil to save children from toxicity | Sanjeet Bagcchi | Sci Dev News | February 2, 2021

Stanford Researchers And Others Reveal Pervasive Health Threats Of Unregulated Battery Recycling | Rob Jordan | Environmental News Network | January 19, 2021

Stanford researchers and others reveal pervasive health threats of unregulated battery recycling | Rob Jordan | Stanford News | January 14, 2021

2020

 

Stanford researcher finds lead in South Asian turmeric and jumpstarts a bigger movement | Krysten Crawford | Stanford King Center on Global Development | July 15, 2020

2019

 

Yellow Dye in Turmeric Linked with Lead Poisoning in Bangladesh | Claire Jarvis | The Scientist | December 17, 2019 

Contaminated turmeric linked to high blood lead levels in Bangladesh | Eva Valenti | Stanford Medicine: Scope | November 1, 2019

Turmeric may contain dangerous levels of lead | Amy Pashler | Medical News Today | October 14, 2019 

Some turmeric, wellness potion of the moment, may owe its yellow color to lead contamination, a study says | Laura Reiley | The Washington Post | September 28, 2019 

Lead Found in Commonly Used Spice | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | September 24, 2019 

Stanford researchers find lead in turmeric | Rob Jordan | Stanford News | September 24, 2019 

Neurotoxin lead sometimes added to turmeric for brighter color | Science Daily | September 24, 2019

Lead polished turmeric widespread, blameable for raised blood-lead level | Muhammad Zahir Hassan Nabil | ICDDR,B | September 18, 2019

Disinfecting device shows promise in reducing childhood diarrhea in developing countries | Amy Jeter Hansen | Stanford Medicine: Scope | August 9, 2019

Fighting a Child Killer | Rob Jordan | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | August 8, 2019

2018

 

China has a tapeworm problem, and it’s reinforcing the poverty cycle, study finds | Zhuang Pinghui | South China Morning Post | May 17, 2018 

Stanford researchers uncover the high levels of dangerous tapeworm infection in Chinese province | Sean Chen | The Stanford Daily | May 15, 2018

These Steps Would Spare Kids a Deadly Parasite in Pork | Rob Jordan | Futurity | May 14, 2018

Reducing tapeworm infection could improve academic performance, reduce poverty | Rob Jordan | Stanford Medicine | May 11, 2018 

University at Buffalo Research Shows Sanitation Improves Health but Not Stunted Growth in Bangladesh | Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health | March 7, 2018

Sanitation improves health but not stunted growth in a Stanford-led trial in Bangladesh | Technology.org | February 6, 2018

Link between sanitation, stunting questioned | Priyanka Pulla | The Hindu | February 3, 2018

Stronger approaches needed to help malnourished children grow | Rachel Leslie | Stanford Medicine: Scope | January 29, 2018

Sanitation improves health but not stunted growth in Bangladesh trial | Rachel Leslie | Stanford Medicine | January 29, 2018 

2017

 

A conversation with Dr. Stephen Luby | Givewell | November 13, 2017

2014

 

WASHplus Weekly: Focus on WASH & Nutrition | Sanitation Updates | December 12, 2014

WASHplus Weekly: Focus on Handwashing | Sanitation Updates | August 1, 2014

Poor Sanitation in India May Afflict Well-Fed Children With Malnutrition | Gardiner Harris | The New York Times | July 13, 2014 

Editorial – The elusive effect of water and sanitation on the global burden of disease | Sanitation Updates | March 10, 2014

Researchers challenge conventional wisdom to identify source of lead contamination in Bangladesh | Lia Steakley | Stanford Medicine: Scope | January 9, 2014

Stanford researchers track a silent killer in rural Bangladesh | Rob Jordan | Stanford News | January 3, 2014 

2013

 

Stanford researchers seek to understand why lead contamination persists, and how to stop its spread. | Rob Jordan | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | December 12, 2013

WASH Benefits and intestinal parasites | Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD) | November 18, 2013

WASHplus Weekly: A Handwashing Update | Sanitation Updates | April 19, 2013

ICDDRB – Update on WASH and hygiene practices | Sanitation Updates | January 28, 2013

2011

 

Child Health Outcomes to Identify Effective Measures of Handwashing | Sanitation Updates | November 3, 2011

2010

 

WASH-B Study (WAter Sanitation and Hygiene -Benefits):  Bangladesh and Kenya