🤯 Guess how much #microplastic you consume in a week 🤢 #plastic #health ... youtube.com/shorts/qdqn1vj… via YouTube

EPA says there are 2 points of view on how to do assessment but 1 of those points of view is from the #chemical #industry and empirical evidence shows they undermine science for profit. Great piece by Maria Hegstad InsideEPA

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What you are about to read may make you feel angry & hopeless. But we have a solution & need your help with implementing it. Please read our The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand article & share it to help us safeguard the #science & #policy process bit.ly/3UEAmDC

Regulation of methylene chloride is an important step forward in reducing exposures to this deadly solvent. However, U.S. EPA's rule still allows industrial and commercial uses putting workers and residents of fenceline communities in danger. Read more: prheucsf.blog/2024/05/01/epa…

After years of advocacy by parents who lost their sons to this deadly chemical, U.S. EPA has finalized a ban on most uses of #MethyleneChloride .

This ruling will save lives! We urge EPA to provide greater protection to workers who could still be at risk.
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Did you know FIGO has a podcast? Check our these great interviews with women's health experts, including PRHE's own Rashmi Joglekar! #environmentalhealth #womenshealth

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'The study offers the first experimental evidence that chemicals present as additives in #microplastics can leach into human sweat, and then be absorbed through the skin, into the bloodstream.'

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We need systemic change to reduce #plastics

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Microplastics are made from over 16,000 chemicals!
Scientists found thousands of chemicals in everyday plastic products.

Yet only 6% are subject to international regulations.

Scientists’ Red List has identified 3600+ unregulated plastic chemicals of concern for people and ...

'Has industrialization and rapid technological advancement severely exposed the next generation to grave cardiovascular compromise?' In other words, the industrial epidemic is damaging babies' hearts.

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“We know that plastic production is expected to grow rapidly in the next decade and that is going to mean more #microplastics . Government actions are the most equitable and efficient way to ensure people [do] not get exposed.' - Tracey J. Woodruff

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'For the third time in six months, #lead contamination in #food products has put public health authorities on high alert in the wealthiest nation in the world.'

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'To reduce the risk they pose, we need far more comprehensive mandates that test, monitor and limit the entire class of #PFAS chemicals.'

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Important statement from the AHA Science on pollutants and pediatric heart health.

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Critical new report from March of Dimes re: how environment and #climate impact #pregnancy and newborns. Bottom line: hotter temperatures means more pre-term babies. We must reduce chemical exposures and fossil fuels. #EarthDay

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PFAS manufacturers and polluters need to pay up.

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'These new regulations could mean relief for communities located along the fenceline, especially communities of color that are often disproportionately located near these facilities and often lacking adequate monitoring.'

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Apparently some people would rather the government did not protect people from polluters. #EPA

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We have pushed EPA to do the right thing – so when they get it right, we say so. Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH featured in EPA's press release on this significant step to clean up #PFAS contamination in communities and make polluters pay. UC San Francisco UC San Francisco_ObGynRS

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BREAKING: EPA takes another big important step to protect people from #PFAS . This is HUGE and means polluters will pay for cleanup of contaminated communities. #Superfund

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