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By Jerry Heindel It was great to see the Editorial in Environmental Health Perspectives on the Distinguished Legacy of Linda Birnbaum, written by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)…

The journal of the Endocrine Society, Endocrinology, has issued a call for papers on a variety of topics, including endocrine disrupting chemicals and transgenerational/epigenetic factors, diabetes/obesity, as well as other…

This blog is reposted with permission from the UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE), originally published on the PRHE blog. It is co-written by Dr. Tracey Woodruff,…

Dr. Linda Birnbaum of NIEHS has announced she will retire on Oct. 3, 2019. She will be missed!Read the NIH Statement on her retirement here.And Dr. Birnbaum's letter to colleagues…

The city of Paris Grand Vermeil Medal rewards the work of biologist Ana Soto for her pioneering role in the discovery of endocrine disruptors. Her research, conducted in partnership with…

The European Commission has issued a call for data on these ingredients: Benzophenone-3, kojic acid, 4-methylbenzylidene camphor, propylparaben, triclosan, resorcinol, octocrylene, triclocarban, butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), benzophenone, homosalate, benzyl salicylate, genistein…

New Study:Linking Bisphenol S to Adverse Outcome Pathways Using a Combined Text Mining and Systems Biology Approachby Jean-Charles Carvaillo, Robert Barouki, Xavier Coumoul, and Karine Audouze.Environmental Health Perspectives 2019 Apr;127(4):47005.A novel…

Breaking News EU Parliament adopted a resolution on framework for endocrine disruptors (Apr. 2019). Read the resolution text here.EDC Mixtures Our friends in Europe have been working hard to address mixtures of…

Welcome to Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruption Strategies (HEEDS), a website designed by and for researchers who work on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). This website was meant to fill a…