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Laura F. Orlando, MPA

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Environmental Health

MPA, Harvard University
BS, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Websites

	School of Public Health Faculty
	Twitter
	Ecological Health Network
	Just Zero
	Barn Raising Media

ORCID : 0000-0002-3222-0994

Laura Orlando has over 30 years of experience working on the design, construction, and management of sustainable systems in the built environment, with a special focus on community-led water and sanitation projects. Her work includes research on toxic substances in municipal water and sewer systems and their exposure pathways -- including technological, economic, and political influences -- with the overarching goal of pollution prevention. She is a co-founder and trustee at the Ecological Health Network, Senior Scientist at Just Zero, and trustee and contributing editor at Barn Raising Media. Laura has a BSE in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan and a MPA from Harvard Kennedy School.

Interests: ecological restoration, water resources, sustainable sanitation, sewers and sewage treatment, international development, history of technology, and urban environmental history.

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Laura Orlando. Will the EPA’s New PFAS Rules Protect our Water, Farms and Health. Barn Raising Media. Chicago, IL. 2024. View Publication
Laura Orlando. It’s Time to Step Off the PFAS Merry-Go-Round. Just Zero. Sturbridge, MA. 2024. View Publication
Laura Orlando. Don’t Let Your Food Waste Become Sewage Sludge. Barn Raising Media. Chicago, IL. 2023. View Publication
Laura Orlando. Why We Need to Stop Mixing Food Waste with Sewage Sludge. Just Zero. Sturbridge, MA. 2023. View Publication
Aronson, J.C., Cross, A.T., Goodwin, N.R. & Orlando, L. . Natural capital. In: Haddad, B.M. and Solomon, B.D. eds. Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Edward Elgar Publishing. Pp. 366-367. 2023.
Cross, A.T., Goodwin, N.R., Orlando, L. & Aronson, J.C. . Microbiome. In: Haddad, B.M. and Solomon, B.D. eds., Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 351. 2023.
Orlando, L., Aronson, J.C., Cross, A.T. & Goodwin, N.R. . One health. In: Haddad, B.M. and Solomon, B.D. eds., Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 389. 2023.
Cross, A.T., Goodwin, N.R., Orlando, L. & Aronson, J.C. . Microbiome. In: Haddad, B.M. and Solomon, B.D. eds., Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 351. 2023.
Aronson, J.C., Cross, A.T., Goodwin, N.R. & Orlando, L. . Ecological restoration. In: Haddad, B.M. & Solomon, B.D. eds., Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Edward Elgar Publishing. Pp. 153-154. 2023.
Orlando, L., Aronson, J.C., Cross, A.T. & Goodwin, L.R. . Human health. In: Haddad, B.M. and Solomon, B.D. eds., Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 277. 2023.

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Orlando, L., Aronson, J.C., Cross, A.T. & Goodwin, N.R. . Ecohealth. In: Haddad, B.M. and Solomon, B.D. eds., Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 144. 2023.

Robinson JM, Aronson J, Daniels CB, Goodwin N, Liddicoat C, Orlando L, Phillips D, Stanhope J, Weinstein P, Cross AT, Breed MF. Ecosystem restoration is integral to humanity's recovery from COVID-19. Lancet Planet Health. 2022 09; 6(9):e769-e773. PMID: 36087607; PMCID: PMC9451495; DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00171-1;

Laura F. Orlando, Anthony J. DePinto, Kiri Joy Wallace. Ecohealth Villages: A Framework for an Ecosystem Approach to Health in Human Settlements. Sustainability. 2022; 14(12):7053. View Publication
James Aronson, Neva Goodwin, Adam Cross, and Laura Orlando. "Focus on Ecosystem Health," contribution to GTI Forum "Conservation at the Crossroads," Great Transition Initiative. Tellus Institute. Cambridge. 2022. View Publication
Nabhan GP., Orlando L. and Smith Monti L., Aronson J. Hands-On Ecological Restoration as a Nature-Based Health Intervention: Reciprocal Restoration for People and Ecosystems. Ecopsychology. 2020; 3(12):195-202. View Publication
Aronson, J., Goodwin, N., Orlando, L., Eisenberg, C. and Cross, A.T. . A World of Possibilities: Six Restoration Strategies to support the United Nation's Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Restor Ecol. 2020. View Publication
Breed MF., Cross AT., Wallace K, Orlando L., et al. Ecosystem Restoration: A Public Health Intervention. Ecohealth. 2020. View Publication
Gunatilake S., Seneff S., and Orlando L. Glyphosate’s Synergistic Toxicity in Combination with Other Factors as a Cause of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(15):2734-2760. View Publication
Orlando L. Second Conference on Albert Hirschman's Legacy: A Bias for Hope, Luca Meldolesi and Nicoletta Stame, eds. Reflections of a Sanitarian. Italic Digital Editions S.R.L. Rome. 2019. View Publication
Orlando L. Our Freshwater Emergency. In These Times. 2019; 43(1):15-16. View Publication
Seneff S., Orlando L. Glyphosate Substitution for Glycine During Protein Synthesis as a Causal Factor in Mesoamerican Nephropathy. J Environ Anal Toxicol. 2018; 8(1). View Publication
Seneff S, Orlando L. Is Glyphosate a Key Factor in Mesoamerican Nephropathy?. J Environ Anal Toxicol. 2018; 8(1). View Publication
Orlando L. Don’t Be Fooled by the Limelight on Lifestyle as a Cancer Risk. Rural America In These Times. 2017; August. View Publication
Orlando L. In These Times. Heart of Whiteness: Why do Western efforts to help the environment and Africa so often fail. 2017; 41(09):36-39. View Publication
Orlando L. It's Time to Talk (Again) About Sewage Sludge on Farmland. Rural America In These Times. 2017; August. View Publication
Orlando L. The Rio Olympics Are a Reflection of Our Shared Global Crisis. In These Times. 2016; August. View Publication
Orlando L. Is Your Water Worse Than Flint's?. In These Times. 2016; 40(4):24-31. View Publication
Orlando L. Factory Farm Runoff Is Polluting Lake Erie, But CAFO Sewers Are Not the Answer. Rural America In These Times. 2015; July. View Publication
Orlando L. Rural America Goes to Greece. Rural America In These Times. 2015; July. View Publication
Orlando L. The Legacy of Slavery: What Inequality and Industrial Hog Operations Have in Common. Rural America In These Times. 2015; March . View Publication
Orlando L. Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage. Sewage Treatment. Sage Publications, Inc. 2012. View Publication
Orlando L. Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage. Sewers. Sage Publications, Inc. 2012. View Publication
Orlando L. Review of Sandra Steingraber's "Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis". Ms. Magazine. 2011; Spring. View Publication
Orlando L. Pissed at Portland: Uncovering the City's Public Health Hypocrisy. Common Dreams. 2011; June 27. View Publication
Orlando L. The Path to Clean Water. The Solutions Journal. 2010; 1(3):46. View Publication
Orlando L. Toilet Ecology. In These Times. 2008; 11(32). View Publication
Sharon Britton. Sustainable Sanitation: Composting Toilets on a Municipal Scale, BUSPH Dean's Report 2006-2007, pp 14-18. 2007. View Publication
Orlando L. The Green Bottom Line. Ms. Magazine. 2007; VXII:3(Summer).
Orlando L. The Melting Point. Ms. Magazine. 2007; XVII:2(Spring).
Orlando L. What’s in a Name? EPA Proposes to Call Sewage Sludge Compost. Common Dreams. 2004; March 3. View Publication
Richard Clapp and Laura Orlando. Special Issue: Sewage Sludge on Land: Public Health and Environmental Impacts. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health 12:4. Baywood Publishing. 2003.
Orlando L. and Ludwig A. Maruata en el Cruce de Caminos: Diseños de Sistemas Ecologicos para una Communidad Indigena. Oasis Design. Santa Barbara, CA. 2003; 80. View Publication
Willgerodt PF. and Orlando L. Killer Sanitation: The Paradox Revealed. Environmental Grantmakers Association. 2003; (Winter).
Orlando L. Book Review: Trust Us We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future. Dollars & Sense. 2003; (246):44.
Orlando L. Bush in Columbia: An Old War Gets a New Boost. Common Dreams. 2002; May 14. View Publication
Orlando L. Industry Attacks on Dissent: From Rachel Carson to Oprah. Dollars & Sense. 2002; March/Apr(240). View Publication

Orlando L. The role of citizen activism in protecting public health and the environment from land application of sewage sludge: an interview with EPA's Hugh B. Kaufman. New Solut. 2002; 12(4):359-61. PMID: 17208782; DOI: 10.2190/KRQ8-9FBN-6DM1-4XRQ;

Orlando L. Sustainable Sanitation: A Global Health Challenge. Dollars & Sense. 2001; May/June(235). View Publication
Goodland R., Orlando L., and Anhang J. Towards Sustainable Sanitation. International Association of Impact Assessment. Fargo, ND. 2001; 124 pages.
Orlando L. Profits and Principles. Women's Review of Books. 2001; July.
Orlando L. The Clean Elections Movement. Dollars & Sense. 2000; July/Aug(230).
Orlando L. Wringing Out the World. Dollars & Sense. 1999; July/Aug(224).
Orlando L. Waiting for the Millennium. Dollars & Sense. 1999; May/June(223).
Orlando L. Toxic Avengers. In These Times. 1999; February:12-13. View Publication
Orlando L. McFarms Go Hog Wild. Dollars & Sense. 1998; July/Aug(218).
Orlando L. The Sludge Scam. Dollars & Sense. 1997; May/June(211).
Gersper PL., Rodríguez-Barbosa CS., Orlando L. Soil Conservation in Cuba: A Key to the New Model for Agriculture. Agriculture and Human Values. 1993; 10(3):16-23. View Publication

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 57 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2023

Bar chart showing 57 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2023

Year	Publications
1993	1
1997	1
1998	1
1999	3
2000	1
2001	3
2002	3
2003	4
2004	1
2007	3
2008	1
2010	1
2011	2
2012	2
2015	3
2016	2
2017	3
2018	2
2019	3
2020	3
2022	3
2023	9
2024	2

2008 Peking University, Chongzuo Biodiversity Research Institute: Research Fellow

2005 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award

1988 Univ. of Michigan, Rackham Student Government: Benjamin Linder Memorial Prize

In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Water
Sanitation
Ecological Infrastructure
Zero Waste
Ecological Restoration
Ecohealth

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