In the autumn of 2020, a group of dedicated students from the University of Florida embarked on an ambitious project titled Forever in Florida, focusing on the pressing issue of environmental health. Their investigation centered around the elusive and dangerous chemicals known as PFAS, which have be
Written by Stel Bailey | Environmental Health Advocate Non-Toxic Beauty: Why It Matters and How to Make Safer Choices Every day, we’re exposed to chemicals and toxins through the air we breathe, the products we consume, and the skincare we apply. These substances enter our bodies in three main wa
Cultivating a Florida Pollinator Paradise Walk through a Florida garden in the early morning, and you’ll hear it before you see it, the buzz of bees, the flutter of butterflies, the distant hum of hummingbirds swooping for nectar. These little visitors are more than just charming—they’re essential w
By Stel Bailey | Environmental Health Advocate Sometimes a calling grips you so tightly that logic cannot explain it, and yet you feel powerless to ignore it. I lived this truth as my family faced an unrelenting wave of cancer diagnoses that reshaped every part of our lives. In a single year, we bec
