HEEDS Endocrine Disruptor News: July 2023

Virtual symposium: East Palestine six months after

cancerfreeeconomy.org
This Aug. 3 symposium six months after the train derailment will address questions such as, What's it like to live in the impacted area? Wha...

PFAS Conference: FLUOROS 2023

hs-fresenius.com
The premier international symposium on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) takes place Aug. 31- Sept. 1 in Germany.

Workshop: Achieving safe and sustainable food packaging: Where are we now?

foodpackagingforum.org
The Food Packaging Forum is hosting their annual workshop on Sept. 28 (in Zurich or online) to discuss recent developments in science, business, ...

How to avoid the next PFAS crisis before it happens

ehn.org
Europe takes aim at long-lived toxic chemicals that move with water. Will the US follow its lead?

EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure

ehn.org
Exclusive: Leaked documents show that as little as 1% of products containing hazardous substances could be prohibited.

Independent scientist in Canada resigns from pesticide regulator over transparency concerns

www.cbc.ca
Scientists who advise Ottawa’s pesticide regulator say it could be exposing Canadians to chemicals at unsafe levels — and one has res...

Accepting applications for the Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator Award

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HEEDS is accepting applications for the Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator Award for early-career scientists working in the endocr...

HEEDS congratulates Drs. Gore and Zhou, recipients of the 2023 NIEHS RIVER grant

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EDC Researchers Dr. Andrea Gore and Dr. Changcheng Zhou are the recipients of the prestigious NIEHS RIVER (Revolutionizing Innovative, Visionary ...

What are endocrine-disrupting chemicals?

ehn.org
Nearly all people have endocrine-disrupting chemicals in their bodies. Here’s what these chemicals are and how we can avoid exposure to the...

Living on Earth: The risks of 'chemical recycling'

loe.org
So-called ‘chemical recycling’ of plastics is a highly inefficient process that releases large amounts of carbon emissions and hazard...

Opinion: Why PFAS have no place in everyday products, including paint

ehn.org
When I talked to my doctor about starting a family, she ran tests and found that my thyroid hormone levels were so low I would have a difficult t...

Fringe gender-chemical theory goes mainstream

axios.com
The gender-chemicals theory lacks scientific proof and may embolden existing biases against an already-marginalized group, medical experts and sc...

The EPA was ready to clean up 'Cancer Alley.' Then it backed off

grist.org
Documents obtained by Grist reveal sweeping reforms that the EPA negotiated before giving in to GOP pressure to drop a civil rights case.

Effective communications strategies to increase the impact of environmental health research

biomedcentral.com
This Environmental Health analysis of 273 peer-reviewed epidemiological studies on PFAS found that those with a press release received 20 times m...

PFAS associated with sex hormones in European teens

sciencedirect.com
This study, published in Environmental Pollution, found that exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAS) was associated with higher levels of testost...

Endocrine disruptors in dialysis therapies: A literature review

sciencedirect.com
This review of 26 studies, published in Environment International, finds that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) such as bisphenols and phthal...

‘Forever chemicals’ and acids used in plastic production connected to poor pregnancy outcomes: Study

thehill.com
The Hill reports on how cancer-linked “forever chemicals” and certain compounds used in plastic production may be associated with a h...