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Vorhees on assessing health risks in Nigeria

Fellow(s): Donna Vorhees
Topic(s): International Conservation & Development, Environmental Engineering & Toxicology, Environmental & Public Health, International Conservation & Development

"I've worked on contaminated sites for more than 20 years and I've never seen anything on the scale that I saw in Nigeria," said Donna Vorhees, an adjunct assistant professor of environmental health at BUSPH. "They're not just exposed – these people are actually living in petroleum."

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Donna Vorhees

Donna Vorhees

1992 Fellow
Donna Vorhees leads HEI Energy’s work in providing impartial science about potential community exposures and health effects associated with energy production, with an initial focus on unconventional oil and gas development. In this role...