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EDC- North Carolina Annual Meeting 2025

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:February 13, 2025
Post category:Blog Events

This meeting has been postponed due to the uncertainty in science, travel bans, and other actions of the Trump administration. We hope to reconvene this fall. We are sorry.

2024 Lou Guillette Jr Outstanding Young Investigator Award Winner: Dr. Chris Kassotis

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:December 9, 2024
Post category:Blog

Chris Kassotis, Ph.D., is the 2024 winner of the Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator award. This award comes with a $5000 honorarium and a recycled glass plaque.The award, in…

Lou Guillette Jr. Memorial Symposium Recordings

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:October 22, 2024
Post category:Blog Events

The Lou Guillette Jr. Memorial Symposium was held on March 14 - 15, 2025, at the University of Florida at Gainesville. It celebrated the life and legacy of Lou, and…

Congratulations to our EDC-NC poster award winners

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:March 25, 2024
Post category:Blog

On March 22, 2024, we held our fourth annual EDC-North Carolina meeting.Poster award winners were:Ryne Thomas, EPA, first place graduate student;Shaza Gaballah, Duke, second place graduate student;Diana Pacyga, UNC, first…

Meeting: Endocrine disrupting chemical research in North Carolina

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:February 21, 2024
Post category:Blog Events

Friday, March 22, 2024 from 8:30AM-5PM, Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS) will host its fourth annual meeting of EDC researchers in the North Carolina area. There is no…

2023 Lou Guillette Jr Outstanding Young Investigator Award Winner: Dr. Anne Starling

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:February 12, 2024
Post category:Blog

Anne Starling, Ph.D., is the 2023 winner of the Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator award. This award comes with a $5000 honorarium and a recycled glass plaque.The award, in…

Woods Hole Course on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:December 4, 2023
Post category:Blog Events

Applications are due Jan. 15 for this two week-long May 2024 course at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory. Learn from some of the best scientists in the endocrine disrupting…

HEEDS Congratulates Drs. Andrea Gore and Changcheng Zhou, Recipients of the 2023 NIEHS RIVER Grant Award

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:July 26, 2023
Post category:Blog

EDC Researchers Andrea Gore and Changcheng Zhou are the 2023 recipients of the NIEHS RIVER (Revolutionizing Innovative, Visionary Environmental Health Research) Grant Award.The RIVER (R35) grant is NIEHS’ most prestigious…

Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator Award

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:July 7, 2023
Post category:Blog

We are now accepting applications! Due Sept. 30, 2024.HEEDS sponsors an award of $5,000 to honor our colleague Lou Guillette, Jr. This award is given annually to an outstanding young…

Endocrine Disruptor Research Highlighted at The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:June 26, 2023
Post category:Blog

The Endocrine Society held its annual meeting in Chicago in June 2023. Five sessions focused on endocrine disruptors. Each session had a standing-room-only crowd, indicating great interest among the endocrine…

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Webinar: Changes at NIH: What do they mean for environmental health?
by Sarah Howard on April 3, 2025 at 3:34 pm
This May 8 webinar features Drs. Linda Birnbaum and Scott Belcher. They will discuss the implications of the Trump administration's changes for environmental health, and the effects on individual research efforts. Sponsored by the EDC Strategies Partnership.
Webinar: Childhood cancer and the environment: prevention opportunities
by 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.
EDCs at the European endocrinology society meeting
by Sarah Howard on March 2, 2025 at 9:03 pm
The May 10-13, 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:

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Trump administration moves to cancel EPA grants for children’s health and PFAS research
by EHN Curators on April 23, 2025 at 11:21 am
A sweeping effort by the Trump administration aims to cancel $40 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research grants, halting studies on toxic chemical exposure in children and PFAS contamination in food supplies. Hiroko Tabuchi reports for The New York Times.
Microplastics found in women’s ovaries raise concerns about fertility and toxic exposure
by EHN Curators on April 22, 2025 at 11:25 am
Microplastics have been discovered in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time, prompting new concerns about their potential role in declining fertility and hormone disruption. Tom Perkins reports for The Guardian.
Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study
by Cami Ferrell on April 21, 2025 at 12:34 pm
Health impacts are likely being underestimated by traditional risk models used by regulators, according to a new study that has found a different way to measure the cumulative risk air pollution poses to health. “I think this [is a] holistic approach,” Pete DeCarlo, study co-author and a Johns Hopkins University associate professor who studies atmospheric air pollution, told EHN. “The cumulative burdens across multiple health systems for every chemical that we measure is really, really important, because we breathe everything all at once.”

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EU agrees on new rules to stem plastic pellet pollution, but enforcement gaps remain
by EHN Curators on April 23, 2025 at 11:16 am
Microplastic pellet spills from European industry and shipping could face stricter oversight under new European Union regulations, though environmental groups warn of major enforcement flaws. Alex Shaw reports for Mongabay.
EPA chief defends sweeping rollback of environmental rules as safe for public and planet
by EHN Curators on April 22, 2025 at 11:26 am
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin defended the Trump administration’s sweeping environmental deregulation agenda Sunday, saying it would not harm the environment and aligns with Americans’ economic concerns. Lauren Irwin reports for The Hill.
Manufacturers push Trump EPA to roll back Biden-era air and chemical pollution rules
by EHN Curators on April 21, 2025 at 11:29 am
A major industry group has urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to dismantle key pollution and chemical safety rules adopted under former President Biden. Sean Reilly and Ellie Borst report for E&E News.