Call for Graduate Student Researchers – 2018-2019 Academic Year
The UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) is hiring two 25% Graduate Student Researchers (GSR) for the 2018-19 academic year. Position includes graduate student fee remissions benefits. Possibility […]
The Essential Truths About Essential Oils
By Katherine Osby I landed at LAX after hours of travel from Puerto Rico, and took a Lyft back to UCLA. Once the Lyft arrived, I packed my luggage into […]
The Danger of Smelling Delicious: Food Fragrances and the Intertwined Effects of Deodorant and Perfume
By Jessica Cushing-Murray Food-related fragrances are any kind of care product with a scent that mimics the smell of a type of food. While they may seem innocuous, these fragrances […]
Fragranced Products on the UCLA Campus: A Snapshot of Preliminary Data
By Xiaohan Aria Wang I knew little about the adverse health effects from fragranced products before I joined the Chemical Entanglements undergraduate research team at the UCLA Center for the […]
The Struggle of Divorcing From Fragranced Products
By Hannah Bullock I frequently encounter individuals who hold the following belief: my personal health is a direct outcome of my genetic characteristics, lifestyle, and immediate environment. This statement represents […]
Fewer Chemicals, More Regulation
By Sophia Sidhu Every day, Americans slather thousands of chemicals onto their bodies in the form of personal care products. Many of these compounds are associated with adverse neurological, carcinogenic, […]
Antimicrobials, the Microbiome, and Reproducing “Toxic Sterility”
By Andrea Ford, University of Chicago On a warm October Friday in 2014, during my anthropological fieldwork on childbearing in the Bay Area, I was walking down a Santa Cruz […]
Why the Gender Gap on Asbestos Exposure is Getting Smaller
Chemical Entanglements is an ongoing research project about gender and exposure. Learn more here. By Emily Walsh Many people have heard of asbestos, but they may not be aren’t fully […]
1,4-dioxane, Bioremediation, and Women’s Health
By Sophia Sidhu As an undergraduate student researcher for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglement group, I am currently conducting research on the presence of toxic […]
Vietnamese Nail Salon Workers and Chronic Chemical Exposure
by Sophia Sidhu Going to the nail salon for a “mani-pedi” is an experience we typically associate with relaxation and luxury. The darker reality, however, is that for nail salon workers […]
