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Events
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: hazards and opportunities (ECHO) course
ECHO is a two-week intensive bootcamp-style career development course for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professionals in the endocrine...
ICEDA Scientific Symposium
On December 5, the Canadian Intersectoral Centre for Endocrine Disruptor Analysis (ICEDA) is holding its 5 year anniversary event and scientific...
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,...
Webinar: Corporate influence on science in a shifting political landscape
This Dec. 11 webinar features Dr. Nicholas Chartres, Dr. Lisa Bero, Wendy Wagner, and Dr. Kristi Pullen Fedinick, who will explore the influence of...
Webinar: Why Parkinson’s disease is preventable
This Dec. 10 conversation-style webinar will cover the link between environmental contaminants and an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, and...
Policy and Regulations
EPA moves to approve new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
The Washington Post
PFAS inquiry hands down 47 recommendations to better regulate 'forever chemicals' in Australia
The federal inquiry into "forever chemicals" has asked the federal government to review its health advice on PFAS in light of the growing...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Georgia moves to regulate ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS in drinking water
Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division has proposed new drinking water rules that would strictly limit two PFAS “forever chemicals,” PFOA and...
Savannah Morning News
Chemical giant, climate skeptics vie for seats on EPA science panel
The Science Advisory Board could influence the Trump administration's plans to revisit a host of regulations.
E&E News
How Trump officials have transformed the EPA to weaken enforcement
An analysis of environmental enforcement cases, together with targeted furloughs during the federal shutdown, shows the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Endocrine Disruptors in the News
California’s child farmworkers: exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
Capital & Main
Maine was first to ban spreading PFAS-contaminated sludge on farmland. Now sludge is filling up landfills.
Well before the ban took effect, the “forever chemicals” linked to cancer, birth defects and other serious health problems had tainted drinking-water...
Inside Climate News
EPA sees "greater uncertainty" with paraquat risk factor, seeks more data
New data is adding to regulatory concerns about the potential human health impacts of the weed killer paraquat, leading the US Environmental...
The New Lede
Baby food fears: Are pesticides and other contaminants posing threats to children?
From botulism spores in infant formula to arsenic and insecticides in baby food, concerns are climbing over contamination in foods marketed as...
How fossil-fuel companies are driving plastic production and pollution
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products.
Scientific American
New Science
Clinicians can help address environmental toxics in reproductive health, international experts say
In a recent opinion paper published in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, the International Federation of Obstetrics and...
EHN
Microplastics drive plaque buildup in arteries of male mice, study suggests
Exposure to tiny plastic particles that litter the environment may speed plaque buildup in the arteries of male mice, a condition that leads to heart...
Lead water pipes are a primary contributor to lead exposure in children, study says
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology found a strong association between the presence of lead service lines (LSLs) and...
World’s most used insecticides damage male fertility in rodents
Neonicotinoid insecticides cause reproductive toxicity in lab animals, raising concerns about damage to human fertility, according to a new review.
U.S. Right To Know
Forever chemicals and pregnancy: child brain linked to PFAS
New research has made a striking link between a mother’s exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy and the shape of her child’s brain at age...
New Atlas
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