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Researchers at Silent Spring Institute are tracking PFAS exposure in Massachusetts communities to better understand the chemicals’ long-term health effects and help residents reduce future risks.

According to a recent review published by Current Environmental Health Reports, a healthy diet that includes vitamins and minerals (known collectively as micronutrients) may lessen the health effects of some toxic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs).

In a recent review published in NPJ Emerging Contaminants, researchers examine how toxic chemicals can reduce fertility in both humans and wildlife, and how these effects are worsened by climate change.

A new study finds that infant mortality was three times higher for mothers who were receiving water from wells downstream of contamination sites.

How studies with unexpected findings are spurring analytical chemists to develop robust methods for analyzing micro- and nanoplastics.

Found in clothing, food packaging, cosmetics, the widespread use of PFAS is increasingly being associated with environmental and health concerns.

Experts in environmental and human health are investigating whether the presence of tiny plastic particles in the liver is driving disease and directly contributing to the soaring global rates of liver disease.

Research into the developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis has confirmed that the prenatal period and the first 1,000 days of life are the most critical windows for immune ‘programming’ and later health.

New research highlights critical windows in infancy when environmental metal exposures may have lasting effects on brain health.

A King’s College London study has found that exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy delayed speech development.

Simultaneous exposure to toxic chemicals and climate change impacts likely generates an additive or synergistic effect that increases reproductive harm.

A clinical trial found that a low-plastic diet can quickly and effectively reduce levels of plastic chemicals in the human body.

This pharmacologist gathered more than 60 researchers to push back on the retraction of a Monsanto-linked research paper.

In a recent study published by the Journal of Applied Toxicology, researchers examined the levels of toxic PFAS chemicals in the eggs of northern gannets — a species of seabird — over a 55-year period in Canada.

Exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy could increase the risk of childhood asthma, according to new research from Sweden.

In a recent study published in Environment & Health, researchers measured chemical exposure levels in pregnant African American women in Atlanta, Georgia, and found contamination across all 12 groups of chemicals analyzed. In short:

A new health study found that adults exposed to PFAS-contaminated drinking water in Michigan showed a weaker immune response after COVID-19 vaccination.

A recent study published in eClinicalMedicine provided the first estimate of the global health burden from premature (or “preterm”) births that could be attributed to exposure to two types of phthalate plasticizer chemicals.

Two chemicals used to make plastic more flexible are linked to nearly 2 million premature births and the deaths of 74,000 newborns worldwide in 2018, according to a new study.

A new proof-of-concept pilot study published in Toxics suggests that people may be able to reduce the levels of toxic plastic chemicals in their body via lifestyle changes supported by counseling and access to cleaner product options. This study describes the interventions performed on five couples struggling with infertility as a part of the Netflix documentary The Plastic Detox.