New EDC Science

A recent review published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, co-authored by Environmental Health Sciences staff, examined different categories of lifestyle interventions – including changes to diet, product choices, and home environment – and found evidence linking each to a reduction in exposure to some endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs).

A recent study published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology provides the first insights to potential immune system impacts from exposure to the toxic pollutants released by the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023.

In a recent trial published in Nature Medicine, researchers replaced the diet and personal care products of 60 Australians with low-plastic alternatives and found that participants’ levels of plastic chemicals dropped after only seven days.

In a recent article published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, researchers examined the issue of chemical contamination – including pollution from PFAS forever chemicals, pharmaceutical byproducts, agricultural chemicals, and ingredients from personal care products – in U.S. drinking water systems.

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: