Health experts rally for ‘call to arms’ to protect children from toxic chemicals | Children’s health
Children are suffering and dying from diseases that emerging scientific research has linked to chemical exposures, findings that require urgent...
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A new framework for assessing the impact of chemicals on child health
Nations must start testing and regulating chemicals and chemical products as closely as the current systems that safeguard prescription drugs...
Environmental Factor – December 2024: Diet, lifestyle, and PFAS: Abby Fleisch tackles ‘forever chemicals’
Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) represent...
New Study Finds Alarming Rise in Persistent ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Pesticides
WASHINGTON— A peer-reviewed study published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives has found that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS),...
Outdoor clothing brands still using ‘forever chemicals’ despite health risk | PFAS
Hikers may be inadvertently damaging the environment and risking their own health by wearing clothes made waterproof with “forever chemicals”,...
Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals
In everyday life, people in Canada are exposed to a variety of naturally occurring and human-made chemicals. Human biomonitoring provides...
What are PFAS? ‘Forever chemicals’ are common and dangerous.
PFAS have been making headlines again this month after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced newly established regulations limiting the...
Fighting ‘forever chemicals’ | News
May 1, 2024 – Jahred Liddie, PhD ’25, has spent several years conducting research on PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)—also...
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What they’re saying about the EPA’s regulation of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
On April 10 the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new regulation to tackle drinking water contamination from the “forever chemicals”...
