Chris Heaney, who will be a Kellogg Health Scholar at HPDP beginning this fall, published a study examining the health risks of playing in beach sand in the American Journal of Epidemiology in July.
UNC release: https://uncnewsarchive.unc.edu/2009/07/20/carolina-in-the-news-monday-july-20-2009-2/
NY Times article on the study: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/health/research/21haza.html?_r=1
Date: July 20, 2009