HEEDS Endocrine Disruptor News Aug 2023

Webinar: Chemicals and pregnancy complications: Findings from nontargeted analysis

healthandenvironment.org
This Sept. 14 EDC Strategies Partnership webinar will feature Drs. Jessica Trowbridge and Tracey Woodruff discussing their new study on chemicals...

Duke Integrated Toxicology & Environmental Health Program seminar series

duke.edu
These free in-person or online seminars take place Fridays at noon Eastern. The fall schedule begins Sept. 1 and ends Nov. 17.

Webinar on EPA's framework for addressing new PFAS

epa.gov
EPA will hold a webinar on their Framework for Addressing PFAS and New Uses of PFAS on September 6 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

US EPA orders toxicity tests on PFAS used in GenX

acs.org
HFPO-DAF may present unreasonable health risks, US agency says.

Opinion: What TEDx talk censorship reveals about the US chemical regulatory atmosphere

ehn.org
In early July I received the news that I had joined the ranks of TED iconoclasts: a TEDx talk that I gave several months before had been censor...

National Toxicology Program accepting comments on new approach methodologies

nih.gov
A draft document from the National Toxicology Program, “Validation, Qualification, and Regulatory Acceptance of New Approach Methodologies,...

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

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

PFAS policy dashboard of state-level legislation

rockinst.org
The SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government provides this PFAS Policy Dashboard that gives users an overview of state-level legislation addressi...

ChemExpo Knowledgebase: A new way to explore chemical use information

epa.gov
EPA recently released a beta version of ChemExpo, a free search and visualization tool for exploring chemical use data relevant to exposure. This...

They couldn’t get pregnant. No one told them their ovaries held 'forever chemicals'

postandcourier.com
South Carolina researchers detected toxic PFAS in the ovaries of 36 women at a fertility clinic. Did those women have a right to know their own c...

Q&A: Ami Zota on the hidden dangers in beauty products—and why women of color are particularly at risk

insideclimatenews.org
Ami Zota, founder of the Agents of Change partnership with EHN, spoke with Inside Climate News about racialized beauty norms that compel women of...

Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’

theguardian.com
Water of about 26 million is contaminated as new data offers the most robust look into exactly which communities are polluted

‘Forever chemicals’ are everywhere. What are they doing to us?

nytimes.com
PFAS lurk in so much of what we eat, drink and use. Scientists are only beginning to understand how they’re impacting our health — an...

In utero exposure to plastic chemicals tied to developmental problems in toddlers

timesofisrael.com
Israeli researchers find that higher levels of ubiquitous phthalates in the urine of pregnant mothers correlate with emotional and social difficu...

Asian Americans have much higher ‘forever chemicals’ levels than other groups, study finds

theguardian.com
Asian Americans likely have much higher levels of “forever chemicals” in their blood than other US races and ethnicities, research us...

New class of flame retardants found in breast milk raises concerns

npr.org
After a class of flame retardants called PBDEs was phased out due to links with developmental health issues, manufacturers started using another,...

Organic diets reduce glyphosate exposure for pregnant people: Study

ehn.org
Just one week of an organic diet effectively reduces levels of the herbicide glyphosate in pregnant women’s urine, according to a study pub...