Educational Handouts
Protecting Your Health After a Wildfire: Cleaning Indoor Air
Educational Handouts
Protecting Your Health After a Wildfire: Cleaning Settled Dust
Press Release
Protecting Community Health from WUI Fires
This new guidance document offers ways for homeowners, building managers, and the public to prepare, respond, and recover from these fire events.
October 23, 2024
Newsletter
CIRI’s Science Translation: Research to Impact
The September 2024 edition of Foresight covers how CIRI’s research shapes valuable resources for the public.
September 30, 2024
Press Release
Chemical Insights Research Institute announces the UL Research Institutes’ Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Health to Dean Jones, Ph.D.
Dean P. Jones, Ph.D., a Professor of Medicine at Emory University will receive ULRI's Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Health.
September 26, 2024
Newsletter
The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Indoor Air
Discover how emerging technologies are transforming the chemical landscape of our indoor air and impacting human health.
August 29, 2024
Newsletter
Volatile Organic Compounds: What They Are and Why They Matter
Check out this month's newsletter on volatile organic compounds as we explain what they are, where they can come from, their health risks, and CIRI's latest research.
August 1, 2024
Who We Are
Chemical Insights Research Institute
Dedicated to improving human health
Chemical Insights Research Institute is on the front line of research on emerging environmental health threats facing people and the planet today. Our work lets people around the world know what chemicals are in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the products we interact with every day. Our leadership role is to provide objective research and resulting knowledge for improved practices, innovative product design, and changes that enable safer products and healthier environments.
3D PRINTING EMISSIONS
Researching emissions and health risks
Research evaluates current 3D printing technologies and the effects of their pollutant emissions on human health.
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Reducing pollutant exposures and improving human health
Research identifies chemical and particle sources of pollution, their impact on health and strategies to reduce exposures.
E-CIGARETTES AND VAPING
Evaluating human health risks from vape aerosols
Research evaluates human toxicity associated with chemical and particulate aerosols of these emissions.
FLAME RETARDANTS AND FURNITURE FLAMMABILITY
Reducing fire and chemical risks to safeguard human health
Research assesses flame retardants in consumer goods, exposure routes and levels, and evaluates flammability control without use.
GLOBAL AIR POLLUTION
Determining the sources and toxicity of air pollutant exposure
Research identifies chemical and particle sources of pollution, their impact on human health, and solutions to reduce exposure.
PFAS EXPOSURE
Characterizing PFAS exposure associated with textiles
Research develops analytical and toxicological methods for characterizing exposure routes from textiles containing PFAS.
TOXICOLOGY
Measuring the health impact of environmental pollution
Research studies how biological factors may increase individual susceptibility to environmental disease.
WILDFIRES AND THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE
Understanding pollutants in wildfires
Research evaluates personal and community health risks associated with wildfire smoke.