HEEDS News, March 2023

Long-term health effects of childhood glyphosate exposure
Webinar Apr. 13
Featuring Dr. Brenda Eskenazi discussing her new paper on exposure to glyphosate and liver damage in California youth enrolled in the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) cohort.

Pregnancy PFAS exposure and later-life maternal cardiometabolic health
Webinar Mar. 31, 11AM ET (the link above is the zoom meeting link)
Featuring Dr. Tamarra James-Todd of Harvard University. Sponsored by the STEEP program on PFAS.

Restriction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under REACH
Webinar Apr. 5
By the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) regarding a proposal to restrict PFAS in the EU.

Intersectoral Centre for Endocrine Disruptor Analysis (ICEDA) awards conference

Apr. 11
Featuring four speakers who won ICEDA awards recognizing contribution to the advancement of knowledge and investment in EDC research, methods, policies, or outreach.

CUSP workshop on the human risk assessment of micro- and nanoplastics
Apr. 21
The third in a series, it will cover the types of data needed to characterize the risks of micro- and nanoplastics. Sponsored by CUSP, the European research cluster to understand the health impacts of micro- and nanoplastics.

Superfund Research Program (SRP) progress in research webinar series
Apr. 28 - May 19
A series of four webinars covering emergencies, heavy metals, environmental justice, and lifelong exposures.

Environmental chemicals and children's health
May 6
CME course sponsored by NYU Langone Health. In person.

Plastic health summit 2023
May 11
Brussels, Belgium

27th annual green chemistry and engineering conference
June 13-15
Long Beach, CA and hybrid
Closing the loop: Chemistry for a sustainable Future. Sponsored by the American Chemical Society's Green Chemistry Institute.

Endo 2023
June 15-18
Chicago, Illinois
The Endocrine Society's annual meeting.

Endocrine disrupting chemicals and women's health virtual symposium
July 18-19
Featuring numerous important speakers. Sponsored by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health.

Fluoros 2023
Aug. 31- Sept. 1
Idstein, Germany
An international symposium on PFAS. There is also a workshop on Aug. 30.

35th annual conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
Sept. 17-21
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Proposals for pre-conference workshops and early morning sessions are due Apr. 10.

The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on plastics and human health

A Special Collection in the Annals of Global Health. See the overall review article, an editorial, and an article in Environmental Health News.

Definition and criteria for sustainable chemistry
Created by an expert committee, sponsored by the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production and Beyond Benign.

Transforming EPA science to meet today's and tomorrow's challenges
Report by the National Academies.

Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) national analysis
The EPA released its 2021 TRI data and finds that environmental releases of TRI chemicals are below pre-pandemic levels and are 10% lower than 2012 releases (but still production-related waste totals over 29 billion pounds).

Mid-term review of the FREIA project: updates and next steps on how novel research is helping identify endocrine disrupting chemicals that harm female reproductive health
As the EU's FREIA project on EDCs and reproductive health comes to a close, this booklet by FREIA and the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) reviews the main findings.

Receipt deceit: Toxic chemicals in receipt paper
This analysis of bisphenols in receipt paper found BPS in nearly 80% of receipts tested – down from 84% of receipts tested in 2017. BPA was present in less than 1% of receipts tested, and safer chemical alternatives in 20% of receipts tested. Report by the Ecology Center.

Non-toxic from the start
Report from the Swedish Chemicals Agency to promote a non-toxic circular economy. Part two entails using patent data to identify and remove toxic chemicals before production.

A systematic evidence map of noncancer health endpoints and exposures to polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixtures
By the U.S. EPA.

UAlbany says PCB researcher may resume teaching on campus
Reporting by the Albany Times Union was critical to the reinstatement of Dr. David Carpenter.
At right: Dr. David Carpenter receives the "Good Trouble" Award, presented by Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics.

Poison in the womb
BBC broadcast about DES, the estrogenic drug given to pregnant women.

Are plastics a threat to national security?
Watch Dr. Pete Myers explore the link on the Ask Pete Anything series.

The true cost of plastics
Video from Beyond Plastics on the Norfolk-Southern train derailment.

Measuring chemicals and risk in East Palestine
HEEDS blog by Dr. Ted Schettler.

Risk Assessment Committee backs PFAS ban in firefighting foams
Safer chemicals podcast by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).

In 1996, the EPA was ordered to test pesticides for impacts on people’s hormones. They still don’t.
Article in Environmental Health News.

Commercial determinants of health: Future directions
One of many articles in a series in The Lancet.

Detection and characterization of microplastics in the human testis and semen
Zhao Q, Zhu L, Weng J, Jin Z, Cao Y, Jiang H, Zhang Z. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Mar 21;877:162713. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162713.

Birth outcomes in relation to prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and stress in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program

Padula AM, Ning X, Bakre S, Barrett ES et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 Mar;131(3):37006.
See related blog, PFAS linked to lower birthweight by PRHE.

"Ashamed to put my name to it": Monsanto, Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, and the use of fraudulent science, 1969-1985.
Rosner D, Markowitz G. Am J Public Health. 2023 Mar 16:e1-e6

The Endocrine Society Journals thematic issue: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals 2023
A selection of numerous articles published from 2021-2023.

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