Environment and health
Overview
As well as environmental sensing and diagnostics, Cranfield Health is home to the Institute of Environment and Health (IEH) which focuses on the interactions between the environment and human health, with particular interest in the effects of chemical pollutants.
Primarily a desk-based facility, our expertise includes toxicology, environmental science, risk assessment, information science and programming.
We provide education in the area through our MSc in Health and the Environment.
Activities
- Critical assessment and review
- Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
- Human exposure to environmental chemical agents (with lab-based organisations)
- Occupational and environmental epidemiology
- Toxicological risk assessment of hazardous substances in air, water and soil
- Effects of physical agents (eg, noise and vibration)
- Chemical contaminants in food
- Environment and health policy
- Chemical policy and regulation
- Laboratory-based research
- Biosensors
- Biomarkers and biomonitoring
- Electrochemical peroxidation for contaminated land assessment and remediation
Research programme management
Information analysis and dissemination - workshops, seminars, conferences
Database development and knowledge management services
Our clients
We provide expert advice, consultancy and representation for various governmental bodies and international committees.
Our principal clients include:
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
- Department of Health (DH)
- Environment Agency (EA)
- European Union (EU)
- Food Standards Agency (FSA)
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- Health Protection Agency (HPA)
A growing proportion of our work involves acting as consultants to and conducting research for trade associations (CEFIC, BAMA, etc) and commercial organisations.
