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Environmental Exposure clinical trials and research
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 19 Environmental Exposure clinical trials that are recruiting, at sites in 31 countries (most in France (5), United States (5), China (3)). There are also 26 NIH-funded research projects on Environmental Exposure, with $22.1 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 19Clinical trials
- 26NIH research projects
- 31Countries
Newest Environmental Exposure clinical trials
All recruiting trials (19)
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Cadmium Exposure in Pregnancy and Its Effect on Fetal Growth
This observational study follows pregnant people to see how cadmium exposure relates to fetal growth and birth weight.
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Probiotic supplement to lower serum PFAS levels in male firefighters
A probiotic supplement containing Streptococcus salivarius is being tested to see if it lowers PFAS levels in male firefighters who have been exposed to PFAS.
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Prenatal education to reduce environmental exposures during pregnancy
Aimed at pregnant people, this program tests whether a classroom-style education can help reduce exposure to harmful pollutants from seafood and nearby pollution sources.
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How environment and biology together predict health, aging, and death
Researchers are following adults to see how living conditions and biology together relate to aging and life expectancy, by linking personal health data with environmental and social information over time.
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PNEUMO-LIBS: Using tissue imaging and AI to explore causes of chronic lung diseases
This study tests whether multi-element tissue imaging with LIBS, plus the AI tool IFF, can help doctors understand possible causes of chronic lung diseases in adults who have had a lung biopsy.
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Environmental and lifestyle effects on IVF and fertility treatment success
This project will try to see if everyday environmental chemicals (like from plastics or air pollution) and personal habits (like diet and stress) change the chances of pregnancy and live birth for couples using fertility treatments such as IVF.
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How environmental fungal exposure affects asthma, ABPA, and bronchiectasis
This project will see if indoor and environmental fungal exposure is linked to disease control in adults with asthma, ABPA, or bronchiectasis and will compare findings to healthy adults.
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Eco-anxiety and suicide risk in youth in France
This study tests whether climate-related anxiety is linked to suicidal thoughts in young people aged 16–24 in France.
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Ambient air and noise effects on heart and metabolic health with green-space exercise and Mediterranean diet (METSGREEN)
This project will test whether exposure to ultrafine air pollution and urban noise raises heart and metabolic risk and whether daily green-space exercise or a Mediterranean diet can lower that risk in 45–64-year-old Kaunas residents with early metabolic problems.
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Digital heat-adaptation messages from your primary care provider to help prepare for heatwaves
This trial will test whether tailored digital messages sent by your family doctor or nurse practitioner help adult patients in Eastern Ontario change behaviors to protect themselves during heatwaves.
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How exposure to heavy metals, nanoparticles, and emerging contaminants relates to allergic skin and systemic metal reactions
This project will test whether adults with allergic contact dermatitis or systemic metal allergies have different levels of heavy metals, nanoparticles, and related blood and urine markers compared with healthy adults.
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Barts Children's Environmental Health Clinic
This service will try personal and home pollution monitoring plus tailored exposure-reduction plans for children aged 4–17 with chronic respiratory conditions to see if those steps lower their environmental exposures.
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Impact of environmental exposures on tumor risk in SDHx mutation carriers
This study tests whether exposure to SDHi chemicals from work, home, or the environment affects tumor development in people with SDHx gene mutations.
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Assessing community exposure to environmental contaminants in the Ramapough Nation
This study is trying to see how environmental pollution affects the health and food security of people in the Ramapough Nation to help create better food systems and health strategies for the community.
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Impact of microplastics on infant development and breastfeeding
This study is trying to see how microplastics in mothers' bodies might affect their babies' growth and development in the first few months after birth.
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Investigating early breast growth in girls aged 6 to 8 years and its environmental influences
This study looks at why some girls aged 6 to 8 are developing breasts earlier than usual and what environmental factors might be causing it.
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Reconstructing schoolyards to boost children's physical activity and address climate change
This study is testing if making schoolyards greener can help kids in Stockholm be more active and improve their health over three years.
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Longitudinal study of Victorian children and their parents
This study is looking at the health and wellbeing of children born in Victoria and their parents over time to see how different factors affect their physical and mental health.
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Examining health determinants and their impact on chronic diseases
This study looks at how personal choices and community factors affect heart health and other long-term illnesses to see what really impacts people's health.
NIH-funded research (26)
Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.
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Prenatal and early-life chemical exposures linked to faster cellular aging in children and adolescents
Researchers will look at whether prenatal and early-life mixtures of chemicals and factors like diet and obesity speed up cellular aging in children and teens.
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Heart organoids reveal how environmental chemicals affect heart function
A small research project uses lab-grown human heart tissue to study how environmental chemicals may change heart biology and function, aiming to identify early signs of heart problems.
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Environmental exposures and inflammation in blood stem cells
Many people exposed to pollution and environmental disasters may develop blood disorders due to inflammation and DNA changes in blood stem cells.
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Multimethod detection of brain micro- and nanoplastics in Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers will look for tiny plastic particles in human brains and see how they relate to Alzheimer’s disease and neighborhood-level environmental risk.
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ECHO Measurement Core: Tools to track environmental exposures and child health
A large NIH project at Northwestern builds better, culturally sensitive measurements to understand how early environmental exposures affect child health and development.
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S3E: A kid-friendly game to learn about indoor environmental health
A mobile game helps middle-schoolers learn about everyday indoor environmental exposures and how to reduce health risks like asthma and lead poisoning.
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GeoHealth Hub: Environmental Health in Arab Region
A research-and-training program in Jordan, Lebanon, and Morocco aims to understand how extreme weather, air pollution, dust, and water quality affect health in Arab-speaking regions and inform policies in the U.S.
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GeoHealth Hub: Environmental Exposure and Health in the Arab Region
A multi-country effort in the Arab region to study how air pollution, dust, heat, and other environmental factors affect health, with training and collaboration across Arab and U.S. institutions.
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How early-life environmental exposures affect biological aging in kids and teens
This project looks at whether chemical exposures before birth, together with diet and body weight, speed up biological aging during childhood and adolescence.
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Understanding human metabolic types
This project aims to map patterns of metabolites in people’s samples to define distinct metabolic “types” linked to diet, exercise, and environmental exposures.
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A mobile game to teach kids about environmental health risks
This study is testing a fun mobile game designed for middle school kids to help them learn about the dangers of toxic things in their homes and how to stay healthy in their environment.
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Kids' mental health and exposure to tobacco, cannabis, and vaping smoke
This project looks at how exposure to cigarette smoke, vaping vapor, and cannabis smoke at different ages relates to children's mood and behavior over time.
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Understanding How Early Life Experiences Affect Children's Health
This project helps create better ways to measure how environmental factors influence the health and development of children.
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Air pollution and heart & metabolic health
Researchers are looking at how breathing volatile chemicals from contaminated sites may harm adults' heart health and increase diabetes risk.
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How environmental chemicals affect chronic diseases through bioactive lipids
This study is looking at how certain chemicals in our environment might affect our health by changing important fats in our bodies, which could lead to diseases like diabetes, heart problems, and cancer, and it’s for anyone interested in understanding how these toxins might impact their health.
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Reducing skin cancer risks in veterans exposed to UV light
This study is looking at ways to help veterans with a type of skin cancer caused by sun exposure by improving a common treatment called photodynamic therapy, so they can get better results and healthier skin.
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How early-life environmental exposures affect aging in children and adolescents
This study is looking at how being around certain chemicals during pregnancy and early childhood might affect how kids age biologically, and it’s for families who want to understand how things like diet and weight can play a role in their children's health as they grow up.
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Investigating how lung immune cells respond to harmful environmental exposures
This study is looking at how certain immune cells in the lungs respond to harmful things we breathe in, with the goal of finding new ways to help people with lung diseases like asthma and COPD feel better and recover faster.
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Investigating the health effects of a chemical spill in East Palestine.
This study is all about understanding how a chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, might affect the health of people living there, and it invites local residents to help collect important information about the environment and their health, while also looking at the stress they might be feeling from the situation.
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Understanding how diet, exercise, and environment affect human metabolism
This study is looking at how things like what we eat, how much we move, and our surroundings affect our body's metabolism, and it's for anyone interested in how their lifestyle choices might impact their health.
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Exploring how environmental factors and genes contribute to Parkinson's disease risk.
This study is looking at how things in our environment, like pesticides, and our genes might work together to increase the chances of getting Parkinson's disease, using special brain cells from patients to see how these toxins affect movement-related cells and their helpers in the brain, which could help us find better
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Investigating how exposure to tobacco, cannabis, and nicotine affects children's mental health over time
This study looks at how being around tobacco smoke, cannabis smoke, and nicotine vapor affects kids' mental health from before they're born all the way through their teenage years, helping us understand the risks these exposures might pose as they grow up.
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A wearable device to track air quality and respiratory health.
This study is testing a new wearable device that helps people with breathing problems, like asthma or COPD, by tracking air quality and lung health, so doctors can keep a close eye on their condition and step in when needed to help them stay healthy.
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Investigating how different environments affect eating and activity behaviors in mid-life.
This study looks at how different places you spend time in can affect your eating and exercise habits as you reach middle age, helping to find out what encourages healthy choices and what doesn’t.
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Investigating how arsenic and ultraviolet radiation together increase cancer risk
This study is looking at how exposure to arsenic and UV light together might increase the risk of skin cancer, and it hopes to find ways to help prevent these cancers in people who might be affected.
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Investigating brain-derived vesicles for tracking ALS progression and environmental impacts.
This study is looking at tiny particles in your blood to find clues about how ALS changes over time and how the environment might affect it, which could help improve how we track and treat the disease.
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Quick answers
How many Environmental Exposure clinical trials are recruiting right now?
19, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.
Where are these trials running?
In 31 countries. The most sites are in France (5 trials), United States (5 trials), China (3 trials), Sweden (2 trials), Canada (2 trials). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.
How do I join one?
Open a study, check the "Is this trial a fit for you?" section, then contact the study team listed on the page. They will ask a few screening questions. Asking is free and does not commit you to anything. Talk it over with your doctor first.
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