EDC Science Weekly, Jan. 20 – 26, 2023

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:January 26, 2023
Post category:EDC Science Weekly

Contents: Events, Regulations/Policy, Methods/Tools/Screening, Commentaries, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, Exposure/Environment Studies

Events

Webinar Feb. 2: A Science-Based Agenda for Health-Protective Chemical Assessments and Decisions [Science Action Network]

Webinar Feb. 10: CHE Café: What’s Next in Environmental Health?

Feb 14: Deadline to apply for course, ECHO: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals – Hazards and Opportunities [Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, to be held May 21 – June 4]

Regulations/Policy

Optimizing Chemicals Management in the United States and Canada through the Essential-Use Approach.

Strategies for refinement of occupational inhalation exposure evaluation in the EPA TSCA risk evaluation process.

Risk Assessment of Combined Exposure to Multiple Chemicals at the European Food Safety Authority: Principles, Guidance Documents, Applications and Future Challenges.

Limits of the regulatory evaluation of resorcinol as a thyroid disruptor: When limited experimental data challenge established effects in humans.

Pesticide licensing in the EU and protecting pollinators.

Non-persistent chemicals in polymer and non-polymer products can cause persistent environmental contamination: evidence with DEHP in Europe.

Methods/Tools/Screening

Methods

Adverse Outcome Pathway ‘Footprinting’: A Novel Approach to the Integration of 21st Century Toxicology Information into Chemical Mixtures Risk Assessment.

Dosing Methods to Enable Cell-Based In Vitro Testing of Complex Substances: A Case Study with a PAH Mixture.

Contribution of Reliable Chromatographic Data in QSAR for Modelling Bisphenol Transport across the Human Placenta Barrier.

Toward the development of a new toxicity test with the Arctic alga Nitzschia frigida.

Drug Metabolism of Hepatocyte-like Organoids and Their Applicability in In Vitro Toxicity Testing.

Advancing exposure assessment approaches to improve wildlife risk assessment.

Development and Validation of Predictive QSAR Models for Estrogenic Activities of Hydroxylated Polychlorinated Biphenyls.

Tools

PFAS Biotransformation Pathways: A Species Comparison Study.

An assessment of the ECETOC TRA Consumer tool performance as a screening level tool. [The European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) Consumer tool]

Screening

How the Structure of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Influences Their Binding Potency to the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated and Thyroid Hormone Receptors-An In Silico Screening Study.

Organotin Antifouling Compounds and Sex-Steroid Nuclear Receptor Perturbation: Some Structural Insights.

Discovering Novel Bioactivities of Controversial Food Additives by Means of Simple Zebrafish Embryotoxicity (ZET) Assays.

Commentaries

Invited Perspective: A Multivariate Disease Process Perspective for Environmental Epidemiology. [re Exposure to Air Pollution during Pre-Hypertension and Subsequent Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, and Death: A Trajectory Analysis of the UK Biobank Cohort.]

Organophosphate pesticides: Another silent liver hazard?

Environmental epigenetics and climate change. [upcoming special issue in Environ Epigenet.]

From Drinking Water to Individual Body Burden: Modeling Toxicokinetics of Four PFAS. [Science Selection in EHP]

Invited Perspective: Nature Is Unfairly Distributed in the United States-But That’s Only Part of the Global Green Equity Story. [re Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Multiple Measures of Blue and Green Spaces in the United States.]

Reviews

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

The Relationship between Typical Environmental Endocrine Disruptors and Kidney Disease.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Endocrine Disruptors (Bisphenols, Parabens, and Triclosan)-A Systematic Review.

Application of In Vitro Models for Studying the Mechanisms Underlying the Obesogenic Action of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) as Food Contaminants-A Review.

Pollutant-induced pyroptosis in humans and other animals.

After a Century of Research into Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens, Where Do We Stand?

Chemical contaminants from food contact materials and articles made from or containing wood and bamboo – a review.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs

Effects of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins, Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans, and Dioxin-like PCBs on Teeth and Bones in Animals and Humans.

Partitioning of Persistent Organic Pollutants between Adipose Tissue and Serum in Human Studies.

Metals/Metalloids

Human urinary arsenic species, associated exposure determinants and potential health risks assessed in the HBM4EU Aligned Studies.

Epigenetics and Methylmercury-Induced Neurotoxicity, Evidence from Experimental Studies.

Evidence on Neurotoxicity after Intrauterine and Childhood Exposure to Organomercurials.

The role of environmental trace element toxicants on autism: A medical biogeochemistry perspective.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

Exposure Sources and Pathways of Micro and Nano Plastics in the Environment, With Emphasis on Potential Effects in Humans: A Systematic Review.

Current research trends on cosmetic microplastic pollution and its impacts on the ecosystem: A review.

Microplastics Derived from Food Packaging Waste-Their Origin and Health Risks.

From marine to freshwater environment: A review of the ecotoxicological effects of microplastics.

Air Pollution

The Association between Exposure to Air Pollution and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products

Anticancer drugs in wastewater and natural environments: A review on their occurrence, environmental persistence, treatment, and ecological risks.

Miscellaneous

Estrogenic and Non-Estrogenic Disruptor Effect of Zearalenone on Male Reproduction: A Review.

Amino antioxidants: A review of their environmental behavior, human exposure, and aquatic toxicity.

Human Health Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Kisspeptin as potential biomarker of environmental chemical mixture effect on reproductive hormone profile: A pilot study in adolescent males.

Mixture Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Three Organochlorine Pesticides on Cognitive Function in Mohawk Adults at Akwesasne.

Environmental chemicals and endogenous metabolites in bile of USA and Norway patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.

BPA/Phenols

Environmental endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A induces metabolic derailment and obesity via upregulating IL-17A in adipocytes. [human plus lab study]

Phthalates

Gestational Exposure to Phthalates and Phthalate Replacements in Relation to Neurodevelopmental Delays in Early Childhood.

The cumulative risk assessment of phthalates exposure in preterm neonates.

Prenatal and current phthalate exposure and cognitive development in 7-year-old children from the Odense child cohort.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs

Endosulfan use and the risk of thyroid cancer: an ecological study.

Perfluoroalkyl Substances

Maternal per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances exposures associated with higher depressive symptom scores among immigrant women in the Chemicals in Our Bodies cohort in San Francisco.

Association between perfluoroalkyl substances exposure and the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the different sexes: a study from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2018.

Metals/Metalloids

Effects of Environmental Cadmium Exposure on the Liver in Korean Adults: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies.

Prenatal Mercury Exposure and Infant Weight Trajectories in a UK Observational Birth Cohort.

Arsenic metabolism, N6AMT1 and AS3MT single nucleotide polymorphisms, and their interaction on gestational diabetes mellitus in Chinese pregnant women.

Association between blood metal exposures and hyperuricemia in the U.S. general adult: A subgroup analysis from NHANES.

Metabolic Changes and Their Associations with Selected Nutrients Intake in the Group of Workers Exposed to Arsenic.

The Association Between Arsenic Levels and Oxidative Stress in Myocardial Infarction: A Case-Control Study.

Association of urinary heavy metals co-exposure and adult depression: modification of physical activity.

Air Pollution

Associations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, water-soluble ions and metals in PM_2.5 with liver function: Evidence from schizophrenia cohort.

Long-term effects of PM_2.5 components on hypertension: A national analysis in China.

Carbohydrate intake quality and gestational diabetes mellitus, and the modifying effect of air pollution.

Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution is associated with neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years of age.

Miscellaneous

Concentration of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Human Serum and Adipose Tissues and Stimulatory Effect of Naphthalene in Adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 Cells.

Placental transcriptomic signatures of prenatal exposure to Hydroxy-Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Risk of longer-term neurological conditions in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Coast Guard Cohort Study – Five years of follow-up.

Laboratory Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Exploring the Effects of Metabolism-Disrupting Chemicals on Pancreatic α-Cell Viability, Gene Expression and Function: A Screening Testing Approach. [bisphenols, PFAS, phthalates, etc.]

Nano-TiO₂ aggravates bioaccumulation and developmental neurotoxicity of difenoconazole in zebrafish larvae via oxidative stress and apoptosis: Protective role of vitamin C.

Mixture toxicity of pyraclostrobine and metiram to the zebrafish (Danio rerio) and its potential mechanism.

BPA/Phenols

In silico profiling of endocrine-disrupting potential of bisphenol analogues and their halogenated transformation products.

Long-term potentiation and depression regulatory microRNAs were highlighted in Bisphenol A induced learning and memory impairment by microRNA sequencing and bioinformatics analysis.

Comparative pharyngeal cartilage developmental toxicity of bisphenol A, bisphenol S and bisphenol AF to zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae: A combination of morphometry and global transcriptome analyses.

First metabolic profiling of 4-n-nonylphenol in human liver microsomes by integrated approaches to testing and assessment: Metabolites, pathways, and biological effects.

Improving the protective ability of lignin against vascular and neurological development in BPAF-induced zebrafish by high-pressure homogenization technology.

Exploration of the damage and mechanisms of BPS exposure on the uterus and ovary of adult female mice.

Immunomodulatory effect of dopamine in human keratinocytes and macrophages under chronical bisphenol-A exposure conditions.

Low Doses of Bisphenol A Disrupt Neuronal Differentiation of Human Neuronal Stem/Progenitor Cells.

Long-term potentiation and depression regulatory microRNAs were highlighted in Bisphenol A induced learning and memory impairment by microRNA sequencing and bioinformatics analysis.

Sulforaphane ameliorates bisphenol A-induced hepatic lipid accumulation by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress.

Early-life bisphenol AP exposure impacted neurobehaviors in adulthood through microglial activation in mice.

Phthalates

Phthalates impact on the epigenetic factors contributed specifically by the father at fertilization.

Extreme environmental doses of diisobutyl phthalate exposure induce oxidative stress and DNA damage in earthworms (Eisenia fetida): Evidence at the biochemical and molecular levels.

Impact of Fetal Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Mixtures on FOXA3 Gene and Protein Expression in Adult Rat Testes.

Chronic exposure to di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) weakens innate immunity and leads to immunosenescence in C. elegans.

Ecotoxicological and biochemical effects of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate on wheat (Jimai 22, Triticum aestivum L.).

Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials

Chronic exposure to low levels of parabens increases mammary cancer growth and metastasis in mice.

Triclocarban triggers osteoarthritis via DNMT1-mediated epigenetic modification and suppression of COL2A in cartilage tissues.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs

Biological effects related to exposure to polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) on cats.

Organochlorine pesticides induce thyroid tumors through oxidative stress; an in vivo and in silico study.

Perfluoroalkyl Substances

Effects of physicochemical properties and co-existing zinc agrochemicals on the uptake and phytotoxicity of PFOA and GenX in lettuce.

Bioaccessibility of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in food and dust: Implication for more accurate risk assessment.

PFO5DoDA disrupts hepatic homeostasis primarily through glucocorticoid signaling inhibition.

Flame Retardants

Is it really safe to replace decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE209) with decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE)?: A perspective from hepatotoxicity.

Replacement Flame-Retardant 2-Ethylhexyldiphenyl Phosphate (EHDPP) Disrupts Hepatic Lipidome: Evidence from Human 3D Hepatospheroid Cell Culture.

Triphenyl phosphate proved more potent than its metabolite diphenyl phosphate in inducing hepatic insulin resistance through endoplasmic reticulum stress.

Neurodevelopmental toxicity of organophosphate flame retardant triphenyl phosphate (TPhP) on zebrafish (Danio rerio) at different life stages.

Biotransformation of Organophosphate Esters by Rice and Rhizosphere Microbiome: Multiple Metabolic Pathways, Mechanism, and Toxicity Assessment.

Triphenyl phosphate-induced pericardial edema in zebrafish embryos is dependent on the ionic strength of exposure media.

Gene expression profiling after exposure to a chemical carcinogen, Pentabrominated Diphenyl Ether, at different life stages.

Impact of the flame retardant 2,2’4,4′-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (PBDE-47) in THP-1 macrophage-like cell function via small extracellular vesicles.

Pesticides

Toxicity of POEA-containing glyphosate-based herbicides to amphibians is mainly due to the surfactant, not to the active ingredient.

Negligible Toxicokinetic Differences of Glyphosate by Different Vehicles in Rats.

Tannin alleviates glyphosate exposure-induced apoptosis, necrosis and immune dysfunction in hepatic L8824 cell line by inhibiting ROS/PTEN/PI3K/AKT pathway.

Toxic effects of glyphosate on histopathology and intestinal microflora of juvenile Litopenaeus vannamei.

Effect of glyphosate and ciprofloxacin exposure on enteric bacteria of tadpoles.

In silico and in vivo assessment of developmental toxicity, oxidative stress response & Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase activity in zebrafish embryos exposed to cypermethrin.

Methyl Parathion Exposure Induces Development Toxicity and Cardiotoxicity in Zebrafish Embryos.

Enantioselective toxicity effect and mechanism of hexaconazole enantiomers to human breast cancer cells.

Effects of Flupyradifurone and Two Reference Insecticides Commonly Used in Toxicological Studies on the Larval Proteome of the Honey bee Apis mellifera.

Mixture toxicities of tetrachlorantraniliprole and tebuconazole to honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) and the potential mechanism.

Mixture toxic effects of thiacloprid and cyproconazole on honey bees (Apis mellifera L.).

Metals/Metalloids

The Effect of Metalloestrogens on the Effectiveness of Aromatase Inhibitors in a Hormone-Dependent Breast Cancer Cell Model.

Perinatal Lead Exposure Promotes Sex-Specific Epigenetic Programming of Disease-Relevant Pathways in Mouse Heart.

SIRT1/PGC-1α is involved in arsenic-induced male reproductive damage through mitochondrial dysfunction, which is blocked by the antioxidative effect of zinc.

Phytohormones enhance heavy metal responses in Euglena gracilis: Evidence from uptake of Ni, Pb and Cd and linkages to hormonomic and metabolomic dynamics.

Zinc homeostasis may reverse the synergistic neurotoxicity of heavy metal mixtures in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Identifying Serum Metabolites and Gut Bacterial Species Associated with Nephrotoxicity Caused by Arsenic and Fluoride Exposure.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

Responses of individual and combined polystyrene and polymethyl methacrylate nanoplastics on hormonal content, fluorescence/photochemistry of chlorophylls and ROS scavenging capacity in Lemna minor under arsenic-induced oxidative stress.

Synthetic microfiber exposure negatively affects reproductive parameters in male medaka (Oryzias latipes).

Pro-Inflammatory and Cytotoxic Effects of Polystyrene Microplastics on Human and Murine Intestinal Cell Lines.

The toxic effect of bisphenol AF and nanoplastic coexposure in parental and offspring generation zebrafish.

Detrimental effects of individual versus combined exposure to tetrabromobisphenol A and polystyrene nanoplastics in fish cell lines.

Polystyrene microplastics induced nephrotoxicity associated with oxidative stress, inflammation, and endoplasmic reticulum stress in juvenile rats.

Air Pollution

Can Maternal Exposure to Air Pollution Affect Post-Natal Liver Development?

Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products

Exposure to an environmentally relevant concentration of 17α-ethinylestradiol disrupts craniofacial development of juvenile zebrafish.

Effects of Maternal Exposure to Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane on the Alternations in Offspring Behaviors in Mice.

Miscellaneous

The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Ligand 6-Formylindolo(3,2-b)carbazole Promotes Estrogen Receptor Alpha and c-Fos Protein Degradation and Inhibits MCF-7 Cell Proliferation and Migration.

Microcystin-LR induced transgenerational effects of thyroid disruption in zebraﬁsh offspring by endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated thyroglobulin accumulation and apoptosis.

Acute toxicity of 6PPD-quinone to early life stage juvenile Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) salmon.

Exposure/Environment Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Implementing a suspect screening method to assess occupational chemical exposures among US-based hairdressers serving an ethnically diverse clientele: a pilot study.

Multiscale Analysis of the Relationship between Toxic Chemical Hazard Risks and Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Groups in Texas, USA.

Assessment of Xenoestrogens in Jordanian Water System: Activity and Identification.

Occurrence of endocrine disruptors in Malaysia’s water systems: A scoping review.

Trophodynamic of endocrine disrupting compounds in the aquatic food webs: Association with hydrophobicity and biota metabolic rate.

Potential of Biochar from Wood Gasification to Retain Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.

Occurrences of UV filters, endocrine disruptive chemicals, alkyl phenolic compounds, fragrances, and hormones in the wastewater and coastal waters of the Antarctica.

Phthalates

Urinary excretion of phthalates and the substitutes DINCH and DEHTP in Danish young men and German young adults between 2000 and 2017 – A time trend analysis.

Exposure Characteristics and Cumulative Risk Assessment for Phthalates in Children Living near a Petrochemical Complex.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs

Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Blood and Eggs Organochlorine Pesticides Concentrations and Embryonic Development in a Nesting Area (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico).

Evolution of pace-of-life syndrome under conditions of maternal PCB contamination and global warming in early life stages of cold stenothermic fish (Arctic char).

Mapping the Contribution of Biomass Burning to Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Air of the Indo-China Peninsula Based on a Passive Air Monitoring Network.

Large-scale spatiotemporal variations, sources, and risk assessment of banned OCPs and PAHs in suspended particulate matter from the Negro river, Argentina.

Formation and Inventory of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Dibenzofurans and Other Byproducts along Manufacturing Processes of Chlorobenzene and Chloroethylene.

Perfluoroalkyl Substances

Estimated Transfer of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from Maternal Serum to Breast Milk in Women Highly Exposed from Contaminated Drinking Water: A Study in the Ronneby Mother-Child Cohort.

First indication of perfluoroalkyl substances in human serum of Papua New Guinea population.

Geographic and demographic variability in serum PFAS concentrations for pregnant women in the United States.

The influence of environmental and ecological factors on the accumulation and distribution of short- and long-chain perfluoroalkyl acids in a mid-trophic avian insectivore.

Nonlethal detection of PFAS bioaccumulation and biomagnification within fishes in an urban- and wastewater-dominant Great Lakes watershed.

Leaching of Perfluoroalkyl Acids during Unsaturated Zone Flushing at a Field Site Impacted with Aqueous Film Forming Foam.

Flame Retardants

Novel Brominated Flame Retardants in Dust from E-Waste-Dismantling Workplace in Central China: Contamination Status and Human Exposure Assessment.

Pesticides

The partitioning and distribution of neonicotinoid insecticides in human blood.

Juxtaposition of intensive agriculture, vulnerable aquifers, and mixed chemical/microbial exposures in private-well tapwater in northeast Iowa.

Environmental risks of a commonly used pyrethroid: Insights from temporary pond species of the Lake Manyara Basin, Tanzania.

Recent and future declines of a historically widespread pollinator linked to climate, land cover, and pesticides.

Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products

Assessing the Effects of Ozonation on the Concentrations of Personal Care Products and Acute Toxicity in Sludges of Wastewater Treatment Plants.

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This list is not meant to be exhaustive, and generally does not include studies on detection, remediation, or treatment of EDCs. Note that journal publication dates may be different from dates added to PubMed. To see the searchable archives, please email me at sarhow@gmail.com and ask to join the EDC Science Weekly group EDC_research@googlegroups.com. The searchable archives are at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/edc_research or online at https://heeds.org/category/edc-science-weekly/. Compiled by Sarah Howard, Diabetes and Environment and HEEDS, a program of Environmental Health Sciences.

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EHN EHN

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: What's gone wrong and what does it mean for our work?
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.
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: hazards and opportunities (ECHO) course
by Sarah Howard on October 31, 2024 at 2:50 pm
This course focuses on the chemical, biological, and societal challenges of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and new opportunities for moving forward. ECHO is a two-week intensive bootcamp-style career development course for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professionals in the field. It is held at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

EHN EHN

“We have enough evidence” to act on toxic plastic exposure now
by Katherine McMahon,Sarah Howard on November 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm
In a recent commentary published in The Lancet, Dr. Leonardo Trasande of NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine emphasizes the need to address the well-established health harms from exposure to chemical additives used in plastics. “Only through a serious and concerted effort to turn off the plastic tap will we apply the lessons learned from plastic use… and avoid the invisible chemicals used in plastic materials from becoming visible in the form of a larger global pandemic of chronic disease.”
Kids who adopt a gluten-free diet have increased arsenic levels
by Katherine McMahon,Sarah Howard on November 20, 2024 at 1:32 pm
A recent study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology found that children who adopted a gluten-free (GF) diet after being diagnosed with celiac disease had significantly increased arsenic exposure after only six months. “More research needs to be done to determine whether there are long-term effects of this bump, but overall, I think it speaks to the importance of diversifying the grains in the gluten-free diet.”
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."

EHN EHN

Trump’s second term could mean fewer protections for drinking water
by EHN Curators on November 21, 2024 at 12:30 pm
Donald Trump’s plans for the Environmental Protection Agency may include rolling back protections against PFAS and other drinking water threats, worrying public health advocates. Hiroko Tabuchi reports for The New York Times.
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.