Recent activities in environmental science and health physics

Objectivity and ethics in environmental health science.

During the past several decades, philosophers of science and scientists themselves have become increasingly aware of the complex ways in which scientific knowledge is shaped by its social context. This awareness has called into question traditional notions of objectivity. Working scientists need an understanding of their own practice that avoids the naïve myth that science can become objective ...

: metadiscourse in introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics research articles: exploring variation in frequency and type

abstract in written mode of language, metadiscourse markers are used commonly to help writers in general and academic writers in particular to produce coherent and professional texts. the purpose of the present study was to compare introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics articles regarding their use of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers based on the model pro...

Opportunities in environmental health science research.

Welcome to the first issue of the new Environmental Health Perspectives: it looks a lot different from the original journal, but the tradition of dedication to good science remains unchanged. We have published 100 volumes of EHP and this, volume 101, is a new beginning. We have changed formats and provided new ones to accommodate the numerous varieties and forms that scientific information can ...

Soviet-American cooperation in environmental health science.

Recent Changes at Environmental Health Perspectives

changes in the masthead of the journal, reflecting a renewed commitment to publishing the best research and news in the environmental health sciences. In the 4 months since I assumed the role of editor-inchief for EHP, I have added 21 new associate editors and 26 new Editorial Review Board members. Associate editors are responsible for managing the peer review of papers and making a recommendat...