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HEEDS News May 2023
 

Events

Webinar: Closing the exposure assessment gap: A case study of phthalates
healthandenvironment.org
This July 20 webinar is the first in a series on strengthening the chemical regulatory process. Sponsored by the Collaborative for Health and Env...
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.
Endocrine disrupting chemicals and women’s health symposium
roseliassociates.com
The Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health will host a July 18-19 workshop on the impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals on wo...

Policy and Regulations

FDA’s squishy definition of "adverse health effects" of substances in food
edf.org
This Environmental Defense Fund blog post points out that the FDA lacks a clear definition of the term "adverse health effect," usually...
Minnesota enacts nation’s broadest ban of “forever chemicals”
ehn.org
Last month, Minnesota passed a bill that will ban all nonessential uses of PFAS, a class of harmful chemicals that accumulate in people and the e...
Geoffrey Lean: Whisper it, but the boom in plastic production could be about to come to a juddering halt
theguardian.com
A plastics treaty is on the cards – and it could join the rescue of the ozone layer as a landmark success in environmental diplomacy.
Resources, Tools, and Reports
New environmental health registry
frontiersin.org
The FAIR environment and health registry (FAIREHR) offers preregistration of studies on exposure sciences and environmental epidemiology across a...
Opinion: Researchers and clinicians acknowledge the role of chemicals in spurring obesity
ehn.org
For the first time, prominent obesity researchers and clinicians have acknowledged the potential role of environmental chemicals in the obesity p...
Firefighting gear contains ‘forever chemicals,’ report concludes
washingtonpost.com
PFAS exposure is thought to be common in firefighters, who long fought fires with PFAS-laden foam and whose profession is associated with higher ...

Endocrine Disruptors In the News

‘Profit over the public’s health’: Study details efforts by makers of forever chemicals to hide their harms
insideclimatenews.org
After examining decades of once-secret files, researchers find that DuPont and 3M waited at least 20 years before disclosing dangers of PFAS.
How plastics are poisoning us
newyorker.com
They both release and attract toxic chemicals, and appear everywhere from human placentas to chasms thirty-six thousand feet beneath the sea. Wil...
3M offers $10.3B settlement over PFAS contamination in water systems – now, how do you destroy a 'forever chemical'?
theconversation.com
PFAS can be filtered, but getting rid of the chemicals is a monumental challenge. A biochemist and soil scientist explain.
Global sperm counts are declining. Shanna Swan knows why
ehn.org
Financial Times reporter Sarah Neville tells the story of endocrine disrupting chemistry through a gorgeous profile of scientist Shanna Swan and ...

New Science

Study identifies mechanism to explain how DDT affects multiple generations
oup.com
Exposure to chemicals like DDT during development can have effects on numerous subsequent generations, long after the exposure ends. The mechanis...
LISTEN: Meet the teenager upending food and nutrition research
ehn.org
Maria Balhara, a South Florida teen and freshman at Vanderbilt University, joined EHN editor Brian Bienkowski to discuss the role of food and foo...
PEPPER calls for test methods to identify endocrine disruptors
ergo-project.eu
There is a need for validated test methods to identify endocrine disruptors for regulatory purposes. PEPPER, a public private platform, is lookin...
New scientific statement from the American Heart Association finds metals increase cardiovascular risk
ahajournals.org
This American Heart Association scientific statement finds that metal contaminants like lead, cadmium, and arsenic are risk factors for cardiovas...
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