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HEEDS News: October, 2022 |
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 Events
Webinar: New “Presumptive Contamination” Model Maps PFAS Exposure
Nov. 2
Featuring Dr. Alissa Cordner and Dr. Kimberly Garrett discussing likely sources of PFAS exposure in the USA. Sponsored by the EDC Strategies Partnership, of which HEEDS is a member.
EaRTH Center Annual Research Forum
Nov. 2, in person at UC San Francisco
Sponsored by UCSF's Environmental Research and Translation for Health (EaRTH) Center.
Webinar: CHE Café: What’s Next in Environmental Health?
Dec. 2.
Featuring Dr. Linda Birnbaum and Dr. Ami Zota. Sponsored by The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE).
CHE's 20th Anniversary Event: Celebrating 20 Years of Amplifying Science for Health
Nov. 12, online and in person in Bolinas, CA
Featuring speakers such as Dr. Tyrone Hayes and Dr. Pete Myers. See related special environmental health section in the new issue of the San Francisco Marin Medical Society Journal.
NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) Webinar Series
A three part webinar series to better understand and address how climate related events affects human exposures to hazardous substances and the public health consequences of a changing climate. - Untangling Complex Exposures and Health Effects- Nov 4
- Documenting Exposures and Promoting Health- Nov 18
Webinar Series on Reporting Research Results to Communities
Sponsored by NIEHS-funded Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers at the University of North Carolina, NC State University, the University of Kentucky and Emory University.
NIEHS Superfund Research Program Annual Meeting: System Approaches for Innovative and Inclusive Environmental Health Solutions
Dec. 14-16
Raleigh, North Carolina |
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New Resources
SHARP Training: Skills for Health And Research Professionals
Registration is now open for winter courses such as Multi-Omics Boot Camp and Principal Invesigator (PI) Crash Course.
Call for Nominations: National Academies Standing Committee on Toxicology
Deadline Nov. 18
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Standing Committee on Toxicology is currently seeking new committee members with expertise in toxicology, including environmental toxicology and immunotoxicology.
PFAS Contamination Site Tracker
The PFAS Project Lab at Northeastern University launched an updated version of this publicly available resource that includes 1,784 sites that are known to be contaminated with PFAS across the USA and territories.
EPA Researchers Release Cumulative Impacts Report, Prioritizing Environmental Justice in New Research Cycle
"Cumulative impacts are the totality of exposures to combinations of chemical and non-chemical stressors and their effects on health, well-being, and quality of life outcomes. Cumulative impacts are a part of the larger conversation around environmental justice."
The Non-Toxic Black Beauty Project
Breast Cancer Prevention Partner’s Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' online list and database of non-toxic Black-owned beauty products, because Black women experience some of the highest rates of exposures to toxic chemicals in the cosmetic products they use daily.
EPA Launches Updates to Environmental Justice Mapping Tool EJScreen
EJScreen 2.1 includes the addition of new data on US territories, threshold maps which provides a cumulative outlook, and supplemental indexes providing additional socioeconomic information.
New TRI Data Released by EPA, Includes PFAS
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the updated 2021 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data about chemical releases, chemical waste management, and pollution prevention activities, and for the second year includes some data on PFAS.
New Resource: Toxicological and Exposure Database Inventory
See related publication, Toxicological and Exposure Database Inventory: A review Petit P. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2022 Oct 21;246:114055.
New Children's Book on EDCs
And other educational resources for kids and teens. By The Intersectoral Centre for Endocrine Disruptor Analysis (ICEDA).
Funding Opportunities
Understanding the Effects of Climate Change on Environmental Hazards in Overburdened Communities
From the National Academies Gulf Research Program. Due Nov. 11.
20th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet
For students with innovative ideas. Due Feb. 1, 2023.
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Understanding Exposure and Health Effects of Micro and/or Nanoplastics
From NIEHS. First due date Feb 5, 2023.
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Policy and Regulation
World Obesity Federation Calls for Policies to Tackle Chemical Obesogens
Speaking at the HEEDS-organized workshop on obesogens, World Obesity Federation senior policy advisor, Dr. Tim Lobstein, urged for greater attention to policies to counter the effects of human-made chemical obesogens.
Environmental Health: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians (ACP)
In this position paper, the ACP "seeks to inform physicians about environmental health and offers policymakers recommendations to reduce the adverse health consequences of climate change, improve air and water quality, reduce exposure to toxic substances, and address environmental injustice."
California Bans ‘Forever Chemicals' in Fabrics, Makeup
California has just banned PFAS from clothes, personal care products, and cosmetics.
World Health Organization's Draft Guidance on PFAS
WHO’s draft guidance would allow vastly more perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in drinking water than the EPA has recommended. Comments are due Nov. 11. See article by Bloomberg Law, Global PFAS Guidance Fuels Debate as EPA Tap Water Limits Loom.
Action and Inaction on PFAS in the US Federal Government
By the Food Packaging Forum.
Environmental Health Groups Urge National Governments to Play Their Part to Ensure Reforms of Key Chemical Legislations Make Speedy Progress
By the Health and Environment Alliance.
Public Consultation Opens on Revision of EU Food Contact Materials Regulation
By the Food Packaging Forum. Comments are due Jan. 11, 2023. |
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Blogs and More
EDC-North Carolina Working Group Annual Meeting Poster Winners
Congratulations to the poster winners at our EDC-NC annual meeting! Zachary McLean, William Marinello, and Dr. Kylie Rock of NCSU, and Dr. Bevin Blake and Aubrey Sasser of EPA.
Poll: Voters Agree on Need for More Protections from Chemicals
The results of a survey by the UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) are illuminating!
Are You Climbing Mount Everest, or Just Going to Work?
Blog by Sidsel Dyekjær of ChemSec.
Alaska Community Action on Toxics Launches Redesigned Website
"An Easy Way to Learn About Environmental Justice."
Secret Files Suggest Chemical Giant Feared Weedkiller’s Link to Parkinson’s Disease
Article in The Guardian by Carey Gillam and Aliya Uteuova, with some great investigative reporting about Syngenta and paraquat.
Microplastics in Placentas: Occurrence, Sources, and Effects
Three new studies look at this topic. By the Food Packaging Forum
Congratulations to Michael Green of the Center for Environmental Health
Michael is stepping down after 26 years as CEO of the Center for Environmental Health. He founded CEH on his credit card following graduate school at the University of Michigan, where we became friends. Michael is a force of nature and has my unending admiration. ~ Sarah |
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New Scientific Studies of Interest
Presumptive Contamination: A New Approach to PFAS Based on Likely Sources
Salvatore D, Mok K, Garrett KK, Poudrier G, Brown P, Birnbaum LS, Goldenman G, Miller MF, Patton S, Poehlein M, Varshavsky J, Cordner A, Env Sci Technol Lett. Oct 12, 2022.
The basis for the webinar listed at the top of this newsletter.
Improving Governance of “Forever Chemicals” in the US and Beyond
Garrett KK, Brown P, Varshavsky J, Cordner A, One Earth, 5:10, 2022.
PFAS and Precursor Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Recreational Fish: Implications for Fish Advisories
Pickard HM, Ruyle BJ, Thackray CP, Chovancova A, Dassuncao C, Becanova J, Vojta S, Lohmann R, Sunderland EM. Environ Sci Technol. 2022 Oct 24.
Blood Concentrations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Are Associated with Autoimmune-like Effects in American Alligators from Wilmington, North Carolina
Guillette TC, Jackson TW., Guillette M, McCord J, Belcher SM. Frontiers in Toxicology, vol. 4, 2022.
Use of Straighteners and Other Hair Products and Incident Uterine Cancer
Chang CJ, O'Brien KM, Keil AP, Gaston SA, Jackson CL, Sandler DP, White AJ. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 Oct 17.
This article got a lot of press, for example by National Public Radio.
Consensus on the Key Characteristics of Immunotoxic Agents as a Basis for Hazard Identification
Germolec DR, Lebrec H, Anderson SE, Burleson GR, Cardenas A, Corsini E, Elmore SE, Kaplan BLF, Lawrence BP, Lehmann GM, Maier CC, McHale CM, Myers LP, Pallardy M, Rooney AA, Zeise L, Zhang L, Smith MT. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 Oct;130(10):105001.
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