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HEEDS News May 2023
 

Events

Webinar on kids and chemicals: PFAS exposure and metabolism
healthandenvironment.org
This May 31 webinar sponsored by CHE-Alaska features Dr. Jessie Goodrich of USC discussing his findings that PFAS chemicals are associated with m...
Webinar: The chemical footprint of a plastic bottle
healthandenvironment.org
This June 8 webinar will present the findings of a new report documenting the harmful impacts of plastic bottles on human health, environmental j...
CHE café webinar: Science, storytelling, and ​a new war on cancer​
healthandenvironment.org
“If we can stop cancer before it begins, why don’t we?” Listen to this June 13 webinar on how this question motivated a deep-di...

Policy and Regulations

Opinion: UN plastics treaty should prioritize health and climate change
ehn.org
As parties to the United Nations Environment Assembly gather this week in Paris to negotiate a first-ever Global Plastic Treaty, they have a once...
EPA proposes updates to new chemicals regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act
epa.gov
The proposal includes eliminating eligibility for exemptions from the full safety review process for new per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFA...
Public comment opportunities on chemical regulations
foodpackagingforum.org
The Food Packaging Forum has a new online list of public comment opportunities related to proposed toxic chemical regulations in food contact mat...
Resources, Tools, and Reports
New factsheets on bioplastics
foodpackagingforum.org
"Biobased"? "Biodegradable"? The Food Packaging Forum published factsheets addressing common questions around bioplastics, de...
New report: Hidden hazards: The chemical footprint of a plastic bottle
defendourhealth.org
This report from Defend Our Health and Beyond Petrochemicals shows how PET plastic bottles are threatening public health, environmental justice, ...
New resource for communities on chemical exposures from the Norfolk-Southern train derailment
cancerfreeeconomy.org
This community resource describes the chemicals released and their health effects, by Cancer Free Economy and the Environmental Health Project.

Endocrine Disruptors In the News

Communities of color disproportionately exposed to PFAS in drinking water, study says
axios.com
People living in Hispanic and Black communities in the U.S. are disproportionately exposed to toxic "forever chemicals" pollution in dr...
How our food system influences obesity
endocrine.org
Maria Balhara, a high school student, will moderate a session at The Endocrine Society meeting on food and human health and talks in this Q&A...
Fighting "A New War on Cancer"
ehn.org
What if we rethought how we fight cancer? In Kristina Marusic's new book, she talks to doctors, researchers and advocates who are upending o...
Testing finds glyphosate in two popular oat milks
ehn.org
Two out of 13 popular brands of oat milk had detectable levels of the controversial herbicide glyphosate, according to a new report from Mama...

New Science

HEEDS meeting report on obesogens published
nutrition.org
This workshop examined evidence that environmental chemicals can contribute to the development of obesity and discussed opportunities for improve...
Enhancing regulations to reduce exposure to PFAS: Federal action on “forever chemicals”
nejm.org
This Perspective article from The New England Journal of Medicine concludes that a global ban on nonessential uses of PFAS will be necessary to p...
Review: Hazardous chemicals in recycled and reusable plastic food packaging
foodpackagingforum.org
Researchers found that many hazardous chemicals migrate from reusable plastic food contact materials, such as bisphenol A, melamine and phthalate...
Review finds sperm quality decline in horses
bioscientifica.com
This review finds sperm quality decline in horses from 1984-2021, matching trends in humans and dogs.
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