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Webinar: Environmental health research at EPA: What’s happening at ORD?
This June 24 webinar (at 2pm ET) features Dr. Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta discussing what the new administrations changes mean for EPA's Office of...
Webinar: Communicating about EDCs & health: why words matter
In this July 8 webinar, Drs. Kevin Elliott and Laura Vandenberg will discuss the range of ways in which scientists can frame and present information...
Policy and Regulations
Toxic chemical regulations weakened despite White House focus on health risks
As the Trump administration promotes its “Make America Healthy Again” agenda to curb chronic disease by reducing toxic exposures, it is...
NPR
New York Assembly ends session without voting on plastic packaging waste bill
New York lawmakers ended their legislative session without voting on a widely watched bill that would have made large companies financially...
Spectrum News 1
Scientists urge FDA to overhaul food chemical safety rules as Kennedy targets industry loopholes
A sweeping government report on children’s health has reignited criticism of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s outdated approach to food...
The New Lede
EPA delays chemical safety data deadline, giving industry more time to report risks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended a key deadline requiring manufacturers to disclose internal safety data on 16 toxic chemicals,...
The Washington Post
New global push urges treaty to cut plastic production and toxic chemicals
More than 90 countries have renewed calls for a binding international treaty to reduce plastic production and eliminate harmful chemicals, setting...
France 24
Endocrine Disruptors in the News
The story of a Swedish town that suffers the world's worst PFAS contamination
Residents of a Swedish town exposed for decades to toxic PFAS in their drinking water won a landmark court case that determined the chemicals'...
The Guardian
EU’s pesticide decision faces criticism as glyphosate is tied to worker’s rare cancer
A former French landscaper says glyphosate exposure caused his cancer, reigniting debate over the European Union's decision to keep the pesticide...
Euronews
New research probes how PFAS-contaminated dust threatens Maine farmworkers
A new study in Unity, Maine, will examine how soil particles contaminated with PFAS chemicals become airborne, raising concerns for farmworker...
NEWS CENTER Maine
Lawsuit halts turf safety talk as scientists face legal threats over PFAS concerns
A major artificial turf company sued four scientists before they could present research on potential health risks linked to synthetic grass used in...
The New York Times
Glyphosate safety faces renewed scrutiny after rat cancer study
A new peer-reviewed study has prompted the European Commission to order a review of glyphosate’s safety after researchers found increased tumor rates...
Euractiv
New Science
Chemical exposures before conception can impact fertility and pregnancy outcomes, study finds
According to a recent study published by Environmental Research, exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals such as bisphenols and phthalates may...
EHN
Chemicals are the primary driver of microplastic toxicity, study suggests
A recent study on fish development published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials found that the chemicals in microplastics are more toxic than the...
New NIH grant language causes confusion and fear among universities
A wave of sudden grant freezes at the University of Michigan has revealed growing fear among research universities over new federal rules linking...
Undark
Scientists push back against Trump’s funding cuts with grassroots outreach
Faced with deep research cuts under the Trump administration, a growing number of scientists are turning to direct community engagement in a bid to...
NBC News
Iowa researchers investigate links between industrial farming and rising cancer rates
A growing number of Iowans are grappling with cancer diagnoses as researchers explore whether decades of intensive agriculture is driving the state’s...
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