Webinars on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

For webinars on EDCs, see:

Past EDC webinar recordings are also available on The Endocrine Disruption Exchange’s website for now.

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New online course: EDCs 101
by Sarah Howard on April 29, 2026 at 5:41 pm
HEEDS has created an online course on endocrine disrupting chemicals and we are looking for people to try it out. This course is designed to break down how endocrine disrupting chemicals work inside the body and the supporting evidence about how these chemicals change the way we think about health.
Webinar: Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides: health outcomes & potential mechanisms
by Sarah Howard on April 29, 2026 at 10:12 am
This May 19 webinar features two early-career scientists who will discuss their research on the health effects of prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides. Sponsored by the EDC Strategies Partnership and the HEEDS Young EDC Scientist Showcase. Register/information.
HEEDS EDC-North Carolina meeting
by Sarah Howard on March 24, 2026 at 12:51 pm
EDC-North Carolina's fifth annual meeting will be held on Friday, May 29, 2026. It will be held at NIEHS in the Rodbell Auditorium, and attendance is free and open to everyone. There will be awards for best posters; posters from other meetings are accepted. More information here. Sponsored by Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS).

Massachusetts PFAS and Your Health Study
by EHN Curators on May 13, 2026 at 2:30 pm
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.
Vitamins and essential minerals may help minimize the impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals
by Environmental Health Sciences Staff on May 8, 2026 at 6:38 pm
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).
Toxic chemicals and climate change work together to harm fertility across species
by Environmental Health Sciences Staff on May 1, 2026 at 8:37 pm
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.

Norway puts UN project funding on hold raising fears for plastics treaty talks
by EHN Curators on May 12, 2026 at 12:20 pm
The move by the program's largest donor poses further uncertainty for already troubled negotiations.
Sharp drop in ‘forever chemicals’ in seabird eggs hailed as win for regulation
by EHN Curators on May 12, 2026 at 11:55 am
PFAS levels shot up from the 1960s through the peak of the chemicals’ use in the late 1990s and early 2000s, then fell.
EPA to propose rolling back some Biden-era PFAS limits in drinking water under Trump plan
by EHN Curators on May 8, 2026 at 12:35 pm
The Trump administration plans to weaken some Biden-era limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water.