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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- Endocrine Society statement on HHS restructuring, mass firings, and scientific reviewby EHN Curators on April 2, 2025 at 2:13 pm
A major reorganization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — including massive cuts to the federal workforce — threatens scientific progress that drives our economy and improves the public’s health.
- Tennessee bill could block lawsuits against pesticide makers, including Monsantoby EHN Curators on April 2, 2025 at 10:58 am
Tennessee lawmakers are advancing a bill that would shield pesticide manufacturers from some liability lawsuits, even as critics point to past industry efforts to suppress health risk data. Caroline Eggers reports for WPLN News.
- New Mexico moves to ban nearly all PFAS-containing products by 2028by EHN Curators on April 1, 2025 at 8:57 am
New Mexico lawmakers have passed two bills that would ban most products with added PFAS and classify certain firefighting foams as hazardous waste, positioning the state to join Maine and Minnesota with sweeping restrictions on the toxic chemicals. Sharon Udasin reports for The Hill.
- Zeldin shifts EPA toward deregulation and fossil fuel industry alliesby EHN Curators on April 1, 2025 at 8:55 am
Lee Zeldin, once a climate-conscious Republican from New York, is now steering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to roll back regulations, slash staff, and align with Trump and Elon Musk’s deregulatory vision. Lisa Friedman reports for The New York Times.
- 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.
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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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