Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies
HEEDS is a non-profit coalition of scientists dedicated to improving communication, coordination and collaboration in the field of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). HEEDS is developed by scientists for scientists. There are no membership fees. HEEDS works to move EDC science forward, increase collaborations across scientific disciplines, communicate results and improve policy and regulations.
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- EPA may weaken drinking water protections as PFAS contamination spreadsby EHN Curators on March 31, 2025 at 11:40 am
More than 37 million Americans get drinking water from systems that exceed federal limits on PFAS, a class of toxic “forever chemicals,” and advocates worry the Trump administration could weaken those standards. Austin Fast and Ignacio Calderon report for USA TODAY.
- Kennedy slashes federal health department, leaving thousands of workers in limboby EHN Curators on March 31, 2025 at 11:20 am
The secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has launched a sweeping reorganization, ordering layoffs, agency mergers, and office closures that have caught even senior officials off guard. Adam Cancryn, Chelsea Cirruzzo, Ruth Reader, David Lim, Sophie Gardner and Robert King report for POLITICO.
- EU moves to ban widely used weedkiller tied to water and health risksby EHN Curators on March 27, 2025 at 10:17 am
European regulators will ban the herbicide flufenacet in June due to its links to hormonal disruption, child brain development risks, and toxic water pollution. Rachel Birch reports for Agriland.
- EPA considers new rule that could limit cancer lawsuits tied to Roundupby EHN Curators on March 25, 2025 at 10:58 am
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is weighing a rule that would block states from requiring cancer warnings on pesticide labels, potentially shielding Bayer from further Roundup-related lawsuits. Schuyler Mitchell reports for The Intercept.
- A shift away from pollution enforcement under Trump administrationby EHN Curators on March 25, 2025 at 10:57 am
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will scale back enforcement of pollution violations, limit protections for low-income communities, and shift its mission toward lowering energy costs, according to a new agency memo. Hiroko Tabuchi reports for The New York Times.
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- POSTPONED: North Carolina EDC working group 5th annual meetingby Sarah Howard on March 26, 2025 at 11:46 am
Previously scheduled for April 25, 2025, Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS) has postponed its 5th Annual Meeting of EDC-NC, its North Carolina working group on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). More information. We hope to reschedule this fall.
- Webinar: Children's health and the exposomeby Sarah Howard on March 12, 2025 at 7:02 pm
This April 15 webinar, Children's Health: Assessing impacts of the exposome, features Dr. Rémy Slama of the EU's ATHLETE research project. Dr. Slama will explore the environmental factors that are most likely to affect children’s health, and present approaches to rank the impact of these factors. The webinar is sponsored by the EDC Strategies Partnership.
- Webinar: Childhood cancer and the environment: prevention opportunitiesby Sarah Howard on March 11, 2025 at 3:35 pm
This April 24 webinar features Drs. Mark Miller and Catherine Metayer, and is sponsored by CHE Alaska.
- EDC sessions at European endocrinology society meetingby Sarah Howard on February 11, 2025 at 3:03 pm
The May 2025 Joint Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and the European Society of Endocrinology in Copenhagen features a number of sessions on endocrine disrupting chemicals:
- WATCH: Plastics: a health and environmental emergencyby EHN Curators on February 11, 2025 at 12:46 pm
We toss aside 5.7 million toothpaste tubes, 570,000 cell phones, and 2.3 million pairs of sneakers every hour around the globe. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Plastics production is unsustainable, unhealthy and growing exponentially. Podcaster Nate Hagens brings experts Dr. Leo Trasande, Linda Birnbaum and Christina Dixon together to discuss the impact to our health and environment. Watch: The Great Simplification video
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