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HEEDS News May 2023
 

Events

Webinar: Science for prevention: Identifying potential breast carcinogens
healthandenvironment.org
This Feb. 13 webinar, sponsored by the EDC Strategies Partnership, will feature Dr. Jenny Kay from the Silent Spring Institute discussing her rec...
Meeting: Endocrine disrupting chemical research in North Carolina
ehn.org
Friday, March 22, 2024 from 8:30AM-5PM, Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS) will host its annual meeting of EDC resear...
10th Copenhagen workshop on endocrine disrupters
cow2024.dk
The 10th Copenhagen Workshop on Endocrine Disrupters - COW2024 - will be held in Copenhagen, March 11-14, 2024. Online registration is open until...

Policy and Regulations

EPA proposes stricter PFAS regulations
whyy.org
Companies must now notify the EPA if they want to resume the production of certain PFAS chemicals.
Regulating chemicals by class: A task of surgical precision
ehn.org
Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series, BPA's evil cousin. Last year, Washington state passed precedent-setting rules proh...
How BPA and its evil cousins dodge meaningful regulation
ehn.org
Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series, BPA's evil cousin. Glittery epoxy art kits that you mix at home to create transl...
Resources, Tools, and Reports
Jane Muncke: "Perils of Plastic Packaging”
youtube.com
On this episode of The Great Simplification podcast, toxicology scientist Dr. Jane Muncke joins Nate Hagens to discuss the current state of food ...
BPA, phthalates "widespread" in supermarket foods, regardless of packaging, Consumer Report says
cbsnews.com
Among the supermarket foods tested, Annie's Organic Cheesy Ravioli, Del Monte sliced peaches and Chicken of the Sea pink salmon, had the mos...
Dr. Heather Patisaul selected to lead Division of Translational Toxicology at NIEHS
nih.gov
As new scientific director, Heather Patisaul, Ph.D., brings expertise in endocrine disruption and research management to move this NIEHS division...

Endocrine Disruptors In the News

FDA slams Fresenius over its response to PCBs in dialysis machines
medpagetoday.com
The FDA listed violations related to Fresenius' slow response to finding potentially harmful chemicals in the silicone tubing of the machin...
CDC: Consider testing blood for 'forever chemicals'
medpagetoday.com
Medpage Today's Kristen Monaco reports that doctors may consider blood testing for PFAS to assess community-wide exposure, the CDC recommend...
Listen: Chemical exposure and  breast cancer risk
ehn.org
Researchers at Silent Spring Institute recently published a study linking more than 900 common, everyday chemicals to increased breast cancer ris...
A Louisiana court just revived plans for the country’s biggest plastics plant
grist.org
An appeals court cleared the way for the chemical giant Formosa Plastics to start building its $9.4 billion complex in Cancer Alley.

New Science

Obesogens: A unifying theory for the global rise in obesity
ehn.org
HEEDS has co-authored an article linking the obesogen hypothesis to other theories of obesity. Also see this video by Nick Norwitz discussing the...
Processed and fast foods linked to phthalate exposure in pregnant women
ehn.org
A recent study co-authored by Environmental Health Sciences senior scientist Dr. Shanna Swan highlights the association between ultra-processed f...
NICU medical devices may increase babies’ chemical exposure
ehn.org
Medical equipment and procedures used in neonatal intensive care units may increase infants’ exposure to harmful chemicals, according to a ...
Plastic chemicals linked to $249 billion in US health care costs in just one year, study finds
cnn.com
By contributing to the development of chronic disease and death, a group of hormone-disruptive plastic chemicals is costing the US health care sy...
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