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Events
Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator Award
Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator Award, due Sept. 30. Sponsored by Healthy...
Webinar: Excellent alternatives to plastic packaging
This July 31 webinar features companies who are implementing systems to replace plastic packaging. Sponsored by Beyond Plastics. Register/info here.
Plastics, human health, and solutions symposium
On Sept. 22, 2025, The NYU Langone Health Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards, in collaboration with A Plastic Planet, is hosting...
International conference on microplastics & nanoplastics, exposure and human health
Save the date for this January 11-14, 2026 conference is hosted by the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy that will take place in Santa Fe,...
Policy and Regulations
Trump administration moves to shut down EPA science office
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will dismantle its Office of Research and Development and begin large-scale layoffs of scientists, part of a...
The New York Times
Trump officials say administration won't pursue new restrictions on pesticides, despite MAHA report
The Trump administration has assured agriculture groups that it will not pursue new restrictions on pesticide use, despite a federal report calling...
POLITICO
White House moves to dismantle key federal board that investigates chemical disasters
The Trump administration has proposed eliminating the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, a small federal agency tasked with investigating industrial...
Trump EPA move could allow chemical plants to bypass pollution limits, increasing cancer risk
A recent analysis warns that potential exemptions to air pollution rules under the Trump administration may protect chronic polluters and expose...
Inside Climate News/Public Health Watch
New legislation would force Pentagon to publicly track toxic PFAS cleanups at U.S. military sites
Congress is considering a bipartisan bill that would require the Pentagon to publish site-by-site details of PFAS contamination and cleanup progress...
Stars and Stripes
Endocrine Disruptors in the News
Pesticide exposure during pregnancy may be harming farmworkers’ kids in California
Working in the fields while pregnant is common in Watsonville, but many women don’t realize the pesticides around them could be endangering their...
Santa Cruz Local
Louisville water utility links toxic PFAS spike to West Virginia chemical plant
Louisville Water Co. says a recent spike in PFAS contamination in the Ohio River may be tied to illegal discharges from a Chemours plant in West...
Louisville Public Media
UK rivers are showing high levels of a stubborn PFAS pollutant linked to climate and health risks
Trifluoroacetic acid, a persistent by-product of industrial chemicals and refrigerants, has been detected in nearly every UK river tested, raising...
The Conversation
Trump cuts funding for PFAS farm contamination research, halting efforts to track chemicals in crops
The Trump administration has shut down a $15 million research program investigating how PFAS chemicals spread from farm fertilizers into crops and...
The Guardian
New Science
Mass butterfly die off linked to insecticide use
In a recent study published by Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, researchers examined pesticide exposure in monarch butterflies that died...
EHN
PFAS exposure linked to an increased risk of repeated miscarriage
In a new study published by Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, researchers found that exposure to some PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl...
PFAS levels in Dutch blood samples exceed safety limits nationwide
Everyone in the Netherlands carries multiple types of PFAS in their bloodstream, with most people showing exposure levels above health guidelines,...
Dutch News
PFAS exposure linked to changes in the gut microbiome during pregnancy
According to a recent study published in Environmental Research, exposure to toxic Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) is associated with...
“Nontoxic” nail polishes still contain toxic chemicals, despite claims
A recent study published in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene found that nail polishes advertised as “nontoxic” and “clean” contain...
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