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Support the Lou Guillette Jr. Memorial Symposium

Contributions from scientists like you are funding the Lou Guillette Jr. Memorial Symposium. Please consider donating $200 to support this important symposium. We need your help to make it a success!

To donate online, donate here and under “select an initiative” choose HEEDS. Include “Lou Guillette” in the tribute information to ensure it goes to support the symposium.

Checks can also be made out to:

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HEEDS is a non-profit multidisciplinary coalition of scientists dedicated to improving communication, coordination and collaboration in the endocrine disruption field. It relies on donations for all its communication, coordination and collaboration activities.

Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. We never share your personal or credit card information.

Your donation will help HEEDS provide education and outreach activities, scientific reports and publications, scientific workshops and webinars as well as other activities and program to reduce exposure to EDCs and improve health.

Thank you for being a part of the HEEDS community. We are a program of Environmental Health Sciences.

Have questions or need help? contact HEEDS below:

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Webinar: Endocrine disruptors and women's health
by Sarah Howard on November 19, 2024 at 5:43 pm
Europe's Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is sponsoring this Nov. 20 webinar to share findings from the FREIA project on EDCs and female reproductive toxicity.
Webinar: Fluoride, neurodevelopment, and cognition: a National Toxicology Program monograph
by Sarah Howard on November 19, 2024 at 5:00 pm
This Dec. 3 webinar features Dr. Kyla Taylor of NIEHS who will discuss the results of a National Toxicology Program monograph review that concluded there is "moderate confidence" in the scientific evidence that showed an association between higher levels of fluoride exposure and lower IQ in children.
Webinar: Behind the scenes at EPA
by Sarah Howard on November 19, 2024 at 3:56 pm
This Dec. 9 webinar, Behind the scenes at EPA: what's gone wrong and what does it mean for our work? is part 2 of a series on the future of EPA decision-making. Sponsored by the Collaborative for Health and Environment (CHE), Earthjustice, and UCSF's Earth Center. Register here.

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NIEHS publishes new strategic plan
by Sarah Howard on November 19, 2024 at 6:03 pm
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) published a 2025-2029 strategic plan, "Health at the Intersection of People and Their Environments."
Pesticide use linked to increased prostate cancer risk
by EHN Curators on November 18, 2024 at 11:22 am
A study finds 22 pesticides associated with prostate cancer risk in the U.S., with four also tied to higher death rates. Andrea Tamayo reports for Science News.
PFAS levels increase throughout pregnancy, study finds
by Katherine McMahon,Sarah Howard on November 15, 2024 at 9:32 pm
A recent study published in Environmental Health Perspectives examines trends in PFAS exposure in pregnant Black women and their newborns in Atlanta. “Investigating the changes in PFAS exposure levels throughout pregnancy… is crucial for identifying critical exposure periods and guiding public health policies to reduce PFAS exposure.”

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Kennedy’s fluoride policy faces obstacles
by EHN Curators on November 19, 2024 at 8:28 pm
President-elect Trump’s selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services won’t give him direct control over water fluoridation policies, though his influence could sway public and local debates. Miranda Willson reports for E&E News.
Scientists' Declaration for the Global Plastics Treaty
by Sarah Howard on November 19, 2024 at 5:54 pm
The signatories of this declaration are independent scientists with expertise on plastics, and who are free of conflicts of interest associated with the life cycle of plastics. Read it here and sign it here. Due Nov. 22, 2024.
Position Paper: Seven priorities to protect people and environment from endocrine-disrupting chemicals
by Sarah Howard on November 19, 2024 at 5:28 pm
In a new statement, the EDC-Free Europe coalition outlines key actions needed to ensure the EU regulatory framework reflects the latest science and tackles the urgent need to reduce—and ultimately eliminate—EDC exposure.