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Efforts are underway to create a global body similar to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to address environmental chemicals. For information and to sign a petition in support…

Count DownHow Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human RaceBy Shanna Swan, PhD, with Stacey ColinoIn the…

By Sarah HowardTomorrow, Nov 14, is World Diabetes Day. It is marked every year the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922, saving…

On October 14, 2020, the European Commission passed a new strategy on chemicals. For information and reactions, see: Green Deal: Commission adopts new Chemicals Strategy towards a toxic-free environment (press release from…

Kelly K. Ferguson, Ph.D./M.P.H, a tenure track epidemiologist at The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), is the 2020 winner of the Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator award.…

By Sarah Howard What does racism have to do with the environment? A lot. Throughout the U.S. and the world, black, brown, and native peoples often bear the brunt of environmental pollution.…

By Karen Fernandes, R.N., CPHQ Twitter: @DESInfo411 Facebook: DESInfo Email: DESInfo411@gmail.com In 1985, President Ronald Reagan dedicated this week in April as National DES awareness week. This week we also honor DES Info, a…

Environmental Health News and The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health to bring you the voices of next generation environmental health leaders. This is an important effort…

By Jerry Heindel Traditionally, an elder is a person who has accumulated wisdom and knowledge throughout his or her lifetime.  An elder is also someone who may be transitioning away from…

HEEDS wishes each and every one of you a happy, healthy and EDC-free new year. We know it is a struggle to keep up with what is going in in…