People often hear “the dose makes the poison” but chemicals can be active at very low levels. Besides, toxic chemicals don’t occur in isolation. 👎

Watch to learn which toxic chemicals all children are exposed to. You can reduce levels to these exposures by:

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HEEDS.org Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) Environmental Health News Max Aung, PhD, MPH Julia Varshavsky Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment

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📰 In the News 📰

Microplastics detected in human blood for 1st time in ~80% of people The Guardian bit.ly/3uoXg3w -“Babies & young children are more vulnerable to chemical exposure... That worries me a lot.”

See our #LittleFacts on #microplastics bit.ly/3WEtBAx

What do we know about chemicals in #tattoo inks - & their potential health harms?

'While the impact & importance of tattoos in our collective history cannot be overstated, a problematic concern exists' - Andre Green, Cancer & Environm't Network of SW PA
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Hear, hear!

#cancerprevention

Join us tomorrow for “Lessons From the Fields: 25 Years of The CHAMACOS Study” with Brenda Eskenazi, Center for Environ Research & Children's Health. 🗓️Apr. 26 ⏰12 p.m. ➡️ Register: ow.ly/Hzgk50RojOc #CHAMACOSStudy #ChildHealth #EnvironmentalExposures Johns Hopkins Engineering

As #PlasticTreaty negotiations begin in Ottawa, CHE director Kristin Schafer urges negotiators to 'resist pressure from the petrochemical industry and take advantage of the Multisolving Institute opportunity before them.'

IPEN: toxics-free Center for International Environmental Law Environmental Health News

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As #PlasticTreaty negotiations begin in Ottawa, CHE director Kristin Schafer urges negotiators to 'resist pressure from the petrochemical industry and take advantage of the Multisolving Institute opportunity before them.'

IPEN: toxics-free Center for International Environmental Law Environmental Health News

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Why quit #plastic ? Chemicals commonly used in plastics are literally hacking our hormones & making us sicker, fatter and poorer. On this #EarthDay here's a helpful explainer video. Endocrine Society Footprint

Read the latest from International Science Council expert Dr. Ilaria Corsi. We need a #OneHealth approach to addressing #PlasticPollution ! 🌎 council.science/current/blog/p…

Happy #EarthDay2024 !!

This year's theme is planet vs plastics - timely as INC4 of the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty gets underway this week.

Plastics are an environmental health & justice problem. Click link below for latest on costs of plastic health harms.

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Estimates published last week by Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab provide more evidence that the plastic industry is “undermining the world’s efforts to address climate change.”

#INC4 #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #EarthDay2024

Scientists' Coalition for Effective PlasticsTreaty Beyond Plastics

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Estimates published last week by Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab provide more evidence that the plastic industry is “undermining the world’s efforts to address climate change.”

#INC4 #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #EarthDay2024

Scientists' Coalition for Effective PlasticsTreaty Beyond Plastics

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Plastic production is growing, increasing the use of fossil fuels and threatening public health. This #EarthDay , we emphasise the critical role of the healthcare sector in mitigating this threat by addressing plastic use in its activities and seeking safer alternatives.

Happy #EarthDay2024 !!

This year's theme is planet vs plastics - timely as INC4 of the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty gets underway this week.

Plastics are an environmental health & justice problem. Click link below for latest on costs of plastic health harms.

healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars/9…

Making an argument for reigning in vested interests in the global #PlasticsTreaty . Only if we minimize corporate manufacture of doubt on the science will a treaty succeed.
#INC4 #PlasticPollution

nature.com/articles/d4158…

Article in The Hill highlights the latest science linking PFAS with harmful effects on the breast, including #breastcancer , and points to evidence from animal studies as good predictors of whether #PFAS might cause the same effects in humans. thehill.com/policy/energy-…

Interested in how #EDCs impact a mother's hormones during pregnancy?

Join us May 7th for a Young EDC Scientists Showcase w/ Dr. Diana Pacyga & Brad Ryva to learn more! Organized by our partners HEEDS.org & the EDC Strategies Partnership.

RSVP below!

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Interested in how #EDCs impact a mother's hormones during pregnancy?

Join us May 7th for a Young EDC Scientists Showcase w/ Dr. Diana Pacyga & Brad Ryva to learn more! Organized by our partners HEEDS.org & the EDC Strategies Partnership.

RSVP below!

healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars/9…

And a very nice quote it is!

'Today’s action by U.S. EPA to reduce levels of 6 #PFAS chemicals from people’s drinking water is monumental and will improve the health of millions, including those most susceptible to PFAS harms, like pregnant people and infants.' - Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH