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Events
Lou Guillette Jr. Memorial Symposium
On March 14-15, 2025, HEEDS is hosting the Lou Guillette Jr. Memorial Symposium on endocrine disrupting science at the University of Florida. It will...
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: hazards and opportunities (ECHO) course
This course focuses on the chemical, biological, and societal challenges of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and new opportunities for moving...
Webinar: EDC exposure and gonadal function: consequences and interventions
This two part webinar series is sponsored by the Endocrine Society's Special Interest Group (SIG) on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The first...
Webinar: Gamechanger: California sues ExxonMobil over plastic recycling lies
This Jan. 22, 2025 webinar, sponsored by Beyond Plastics, features California Attorney General Rob Bonta discussing the lawsuit against ExxonMobil,...
Policy and Regulations
Op-ed: A stalled global plastic treaty threatens our future fertility
The final global plastics treaty, which stalled during talks last week, needs to address chemicals used throughout the life cycle of plastics, some...
EHN
US EPA may raise limits for widely used farm pesticide
The Biden administration plans to increase the allowable environmental threshold for atrazine, a controversial pesticide, sparking backlash from...
The Hill
Environmental justice advocates criticize lack of inclusion in plastic treaty negotiations
Environmental justice and Indigenous groups say they were largely excluded from key plastic treaty talks last week in Busan, South Korea, which took...
Op-ed: The plastic treaty had to fail, so it can succeed
This failure was necessary. Moving to a final treaty in South Korea, given the state of negotiations, was premature. But the meeting did lay the...
Endocrine Disruptors in the News
Chemicals in everyday products may play a hidden role in declining fertility
Scientists are sounding alarms about endocrine-disrupting chemicals in everyday items like plastics, cosmetics, and cookware, linking them to falling...
The Wall Street Journal
Microplastics: a threat we can't ignore
Microplastics are invading our bodies, from the air we breathe to the food we eat, sparking growing concerns about their potential health risks....
CNN
Maine’s slow response to PFAS-laden firefighting foam puts communities at risk
Maine’s failure to manage stocks of PFAS-containing firefighting foam has led to environmental hazards and potential health risks, highlighted by a...
Maine Morning Star
Texas sues chemical giants for decades of PFAS deception
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking on 3M and DuPont in a lawsuit alleging the companies misled consumers about the health risks of PFAS, the...
The Texas Tribune
New Science
2024 Lou Guillette Jr Outstanding Young Investigator Award Winner: Dr. Chris Kassotis
Chris Kassotis, Ph.D., is the 2024 winner of the Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator Award, sponsored by Healthy Environment and...
Ten years after her passing, Theo Colborn's legacy continues to grow
Dr. Theo Colborn, who passed away December 14, 2014, was the founder of the endocrine disruption field, connecting the dots among the different...
Scientists lay out new framework to identify toxics contributing to metabolic disorders
A new consensus statement published in Nature Reviews Endocrinology proposes a set of 12 characteristics that can be used to identify...
Takeout food, bottled water linked to higher microplastic exposure
In a recent study published in Environmental Pollution, researchers measured microplastic exposure in college students from three cities across...
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