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New online course: EDCs 101
HEEDS has created an online course on endocrine disrupting chemicals and we are looking for people to try it out. This course is designed to break...
Webinar: Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides: health outcomes & potential mechanisms
This May 19 webinar features two early-career scientists who will discuss their research on the health effects of prenatal exposure to...
ECHO Symposium: Translating science to action
Children are exposed daily to a broad range of chemicals in everything from the food they eat and the products they use to the air they breathe. By...
HEEDS EDC-North Carolina meeting
EDC-North Carolina's fifth annual meeting will be held on Friday, May 29, 2026. It will be held at NIEHS in the Rodbell Auditorium, and attendance is...
Gordon Research Conference on environmental endocrine disruptors
This year's Gordon Research Conference on endocrine disruptors will be held June 28-July 3, with the accompanying Gordon Research Seminar on June...
Policy and Regulations
Q&A: Former EPA official weighs in on critical US Supreme Court hearing on pesticide law
A Supreme Court ruling could lock in the EPA as the ultimate arbiter of whether pesticide makers should warn consumers of risks linked to certain...
The New Lede
Monsanto's big moment. All eyes on Supreme Court hearing over pesticide law
The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a key pesticide regulation case on Monday, setting the stage for a ruling that could weaken the...
Largest-ever ban on toxic chemicals in EU hit by ‘extremely frustrating’ delays
Green groups say European Commission is ‘chief roadblock’ to its own plans, as report finds poor progress four years on.
The Guardian
Use of toxic PFAS in consumer goods must be urgently restricted, MPs say
Commons committee heard from residents of Yorkshire town with the highest levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in the UK.
EPA adds more pesticide industry reps to the Science Advisory Board
While most appointees are academic scientists, U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin also named employees of a company that makes forever chemicals.
Civil Eats
Endocrine Disruptors in the News
Endocrine disruptors in US infant breast milk
The scientific community is increasingly concerned about the presence of environmental contaminants in breast milk, specifically endocrine-disrupting...
Bioengineer
We are bombarding America’s forests with Roundup
Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.
Mother Jones
Reducing exposure to microplastics
Duke researchers say the science on how plastics could be affecting our health is still emerging, but there are already ways to reduce risk.
North Carolina Health News
ICE planning facility for children and families on PFAS-contaminated site
Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning a detention facility for children and their families on one of the nation’s most...
As Roundup maker goes to U.S. Supreme Court, Americans worry about pesticides, poll shows
Donald Trump's administration is backing Bayer as the company goes before the Supreme Court in a bid to sharply limit lawsuits claiming that Roundup...
Reuters
New Science
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ linked to childhood leukemia, research suggests
Found in clothing, food packaging, cosmetics, the widespread use of PFAS is increasingly being associated with environmental and health concerns.
The Independent
Toxics plus climate harms likely cause of reduced fertility, study finds
Simultaneous exposure to toxic chemicals and climate change impacts likely generates an additive or synergistic effect that increases reproductive...
Seven days without plastic contact slashes phthalates and bisphenols in body
A clinical trial found that a low-plastic diet can quickly and effectively reduce levels of plastic chemicals in the human body.
Medical XPress
Interview: Christopher Borgert on an infamous glyphosate paper
This pharmacologist gathered more than 60 researchers to push back on the retraction of a Monsanto-linked research paper.
Undark
Declining PFAS levels in seabird eggs reflect impact of regulatory action
In a recent study published by the Journal of Applied Toxicology, researchers examined the levels of toxic PFAS chemicals in the eggs of northern...
EHN
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