Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS)
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We support scientists working on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and health. A program of Environmental Health Sciences. http://heeds.org/
webinar Thurs. Dec. 11:
Corporate influence on science in a shifting political landscape
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Corporate influence on science in a shifting political landscape
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Corporate influence on science in a shifting political landscape
Extensive empirical research demonstrates that financial conflicts of interest (study sponsorship and study authors with a financial conflict of interest from industries that have a stake in the...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
webinar Thurs. Dec. 11:
Corporate influence on science in a shifting political landscape
www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
Corporate influence on science in a shifting political landscape
www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
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The chemical lobby has been spending millions of dollars to change the Toxic Substances Control Act. That's the main law that works to protect people from harmful chemicals.
What does industry want? They want less oversight and less concern for your health. #badidea
What does industry want? They want less oversight and less concern for your health. #badidea
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The chemical lobby has been spending millions of dollars to change the Toxic Substances Control Act. That's the main law that works to protect people from harmful chemicals.
What does industry want? They want less oversight and less concern for your health. #badidea
What does industry want? They want less oversight and less concern for your health. #badidea
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🚨A report commissioned by @healthandenv.bsky.social highlights link between harmful #ChemicalPollution and rising #infertility and hormonal #cancer rates amongst European men.
🧪Key chemicals of concern include endocrine disruptors, #PFAS, and heavy metals.
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🧪Key chemicals of concern include endocrine disruptors, #PFAS, and heavy metals.
More in our news story👉 buff.ly/iRljN9V
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🚨A report commissioned by @healthandenv.bsky.social highlights link between harmful #ChemicalPollution and rising #infertility and hormonal #cancer rates amongst European men.
🧪Key chemicals of concern include endocrine disruptors, #PFAS, and heavy metals.
More in our news story👉 buff.ly/iRljN9V
🧪Key chemicals of concern include endocrine disruptors, #PFAS, and heavy metals.
More in our news story👉 buff.ly/iRljN9V
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For decades, researchers warned about chemicals harming children's health. Few listened. Now Kennedy's in the Trump admin, championing similar concerns. Birnbaum calls it a "dance with the devil", risky, but an opportunity too significant to ignore.
The Cultural and Political Moment for Toxins Research
A longstanding push for urgent action on environmental toxins is landing in an unprecedented time in American politics.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
For decades, researchers warned about chemicals harming children's health. Few listened. Now Kennedy's in the Trump admin, championing similar concerns. Birnbaum calls it a "dance with the devil", risky, but an opportunity too significant to ignore.
Air pollution, even at low levels, may heighten breast cancer risk, via US Right to Know
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Air pollution, even at low levels, may heighten breast cancer risk
Women who live in areas with more air pollution may face a higher risk of developing breast cancer, according to a new, large-scale study.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Air pollution, even at low levels, may heighten breast cancer risk, via US Right to Know
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The EPA just approved the pesticide cyclobutrifluram for golf courses, lawns, cotton, soybeans, and lettuce. It's another #ForeverChemical — one of a group called #PFAS.
Despite the vast agency furloughs, the pesticide office remains open for business.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47qlFKO
Despite the vast agency furloughs, the pesticide office remains open for business.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47qlFKO
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The EPA just approved the pesticide cyclobutrifluram for golf courses, lawns, cotton, soybeans, and lettuce. It's another #ForeverChemical — one of a group called #PFAS.
Despite the vast agency furloughs, the pesticide office remains open for business.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47qlFKO
Despite the vast agency furloughs, the pesticide office remains open for business.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47qlFKO
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Did you know that more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the US every year?
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Did you know that more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the US every year?
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
Plasticizers linked to changes in kidney function
www.ehn.org/plasticizers...
#phthalates #endocrinedisruptors
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#phthalates #endocrinedisruptors
Plasticizers linked to changes in kidney function
A nation-wide study of U.S. adults published in the Annals of Medicine found that markers of exposure to phthalate plasticizers were associated with changes in kidney function. In short:Due to regulat...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Plasticizers linked to changes in kidney function
www.ehn.org/plasticizers...
#phthalates #endocrinedisruptors
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#phthalates #endocrinedisruptors
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Please join Beyond Plastics Science Director @trishavv.bsky.social, @amizota.bsky.social
of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics.
www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...
of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics.
www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...
October 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Please join Beyond Plastics Science Director @trishavv.bsky.social, @amizota.bsky.social
of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics.
www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...
of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics.
www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...
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DYK that this Thursday, 10/9 is Children's Environmental Health (CEH) Day? Don't have plans yet?? Check out our partner network's CEH Day celebratory activities on their website below. The day's events are co-sponsored by R2 PEHSU!!
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nyscheck.org/cehday/
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October 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
DYK that this Thursday, 10/9 is Children's Environmental Health (CEH) Day? Don't have plans yet?? Check out our partner network's CEH Day celebratory activities on their website below. The day's events are co-sponsored by R2 PEHSU!!
nyscheck.org/cehday/
nyscheck.org/cehday/
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NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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BOBBY JR. DOESN'T CARE ABOUT TOXINS
Many microplastics are carcinogens and endocrine disrupters
"One researcher told NPR that she’d had a federal grant canceled on the very same day RFK Jr. had favorably cited her work on microplastics in seafood in a speech."
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Many microplastics are carcinogens and endocrine disrupters
"One researcher told NPR that she’d had a federal grant canceled on the very same day RFK Jr. had favorably cited her work on microplastics in seafood in a speech."
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
RFK Jr. promised to take on plastic. Now he's part of an administration embracing it.
Plastic is everywhere—including in us.
www.motherjones.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BOBBY JR. DOESN'T CARE ABOUT TOXINS
Many microplastics are carcinogens and endocrine disrupters
"One researcher told NPR that she’d had a federal grant canceled on the very same day RFK Jr. had favorably cited her work on microplastics in seafood in a speech."
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Many microplastics are carcinogens and endocrine disrupters
"One researcher told NPR that she’d had a federal grant canceled on the very same day RFK Jr. had favorably cited her work on microplastics in seafood in a speech."
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Prenatal exposure to arsenic in drinking water associated with an increased risk of #type1diabetes, even at low exposure levels, and especially in children born at above average birth weight. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Prenatal exposure to arsenic in drinking water and type 1 diabetes in a nationwide population-based cohort of Danish children
Exposure to inorganic arsenic during pregnancy has been associated with immune dysregulation and shifts in leukocyte subpopulations critically involve…
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October 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Prenatal exposure to arsenic in drinking water associated with an increased risk of #type1diabetes, even at low exposure levels, and especially in children born at above average birth weight. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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HEAL’s new report, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘍𝘈𝘚 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥: 𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, was commissioned by HEAL from Milieu Consulting. It provides a 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗙𝗔𝗦 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
HEAL’s new report, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘍𝘈𝘚 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥: 𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, was commissioned by HEAL from Milieu Consulting. It provides a 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗙𝗔𝗦 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
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Over half of US counties lack a single federally-monitored air quality station, with more than 50 million Americans living in “air quality monitoring deserts.”
@stoptoxics.bsky.social @cleanairclub.bsky.social @cleanaircatf.bsky.social
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Oil and gas industry linked to thousands of yearly US deaths and preterm births, study finds
By Shannon Kelleher Air pollution from oil and gas activities is responsible for an estimated 91,000 deaths and over 10,000 premature births in the US each year, according to a new study that examine...
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August 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Over half of US counties lack a single federally-monitored air quality station, with more than 50 million Americans living in “air quality monitoring deserts.”
@stoptoxics.bsky.social @cleanairclub.bsky.social @cleanaircatf.bsky.social
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NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports that Jim O'Neill (acting director of CDC) thinks that "FDA should put medicines in the market and let consumers assume the risks."
So, basically do for drugs what we are doing for toxic chemicals. Guess what, it's a bad idea for both.
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/g...
So, basically do for drugs what we are doing for toxic chemicals. Guess what, it's a bad idea for both.
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/g...
Father of Minneapolis shooting victim speaks out. And, CDC announces new leadership
The father of a boy killed in the Minneapolis church shooting speaks out on how he wants his son to be remembered. And, a new acting CDC director has been announced.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports that Jim O'Neill (acting director of CDC) thinks that "FDA should put medicines in the market and let consumers assume the risks."
So, basically do for drugs what we are doing for toxic chemicals. Guess what, it's a bad idea for both.
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/g...
So, basically do for drugs what we are doing for toxic chemicals. Guess what, it's a bad idea for both.
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/g...
The fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists attending the plastics treaty negotiations outnumber the combined diplomatic delegations of all 27 European Union nations and the EU combined... www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-2... #plasticstreaty
Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Lobbyists Overrun Plastics Treaty Negotiations - Center for International Environmental Law
At least 234 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists registered to participate in the final scheduled round of plastics treaty negotiations (INC-5.2).
www.ciel.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists attending the plastics treaty negotiations outnumber the combined diplomatic delegations of all 27 European Union nations and the EU combined... www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-2... #plasticstreaty
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Plastics pose a “grave” threat to human health, costing society $1.5 trillion a year, warns a new @thelancet.com report.
Scientists urge negotiators in Geneva to center health in the global plastics treaty.
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Scientists urge negotiators in Geneva to center health in the global plastics treaty.
@bostoncollege.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social
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New report calls plastics a “grave” danger to health as nations negotiate treaty
By Brian Bienkowski Plastics are a “grave” danger to humans and the planet, responsible for an estimated $1.5 trillion annually in health-related costs, and nations need to center human health as th...
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August 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Plastics pose a “grave” threat to human health, costing society $1.5 trillion a year, warns a new @thelancet.com report.
Scientists urge negotiators in Geneva to center health in the global plastics treaty.
@bostoncollege.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social
www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/lanc...
Scientists urge negotiators in Geneva to center health in the global plastics treaty.
@bostoncollege.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social
www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/lanc...
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to absolutely nobody’s surprise, the US is defending the interests of the petrochemical bloc
Exclusive: Trump administration memo urges countries to reject plastic production caps in UN Treaty
The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives at the start of U.N. plastic treaty talks in Geneva, according to a memo and communications seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
to absolutely nobody’s surprise, the US is defending the interests of the petrochemical bloc
The July issue of our endocrine disruptor news is published! ehsciences.activehosted.com/index.php?ac...
July 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The July issue of our endocrine disruptor news is published! ehsciences.activehosted.com/index.php?ac...
TIL that volcanoes are endocrine disruptors
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Volcanic environments and thyroid disruption – A review focused on As, Hg, and Co
The purpose of this review is to explore the link between volcanic environments and thyroid disruption, with focus on the role played by As, Hg, and C…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
TIL that volcanoes are endocrine disruptors
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A Georgia jury recently awarded $2 billion to a cancer patient who claimed #Roundup was to blame.
Now Bayer is pushing the US Supreme Court to help it block further lawsuits.
Watch our full breakdown video📽️:
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Now Bayer is pushing the US Supreme Court to help it block further lawsuits.
Watch our full breakdown video📽️:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l_O...
Is Bayer losing the Roundup fight? | Carey Gillam reports
YouTube video by Environmental Working Group (EWG)
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July 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A Georgia jury recently awarded $2 billion to a cancer patient who claimed #Roundup was to blame.
Now Bayer is pushing the US Supreme Court to help it block further lawsuits.
Watch our full breakdown video📽️:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l_O...
Now Bayer is pushing the US Supreme Court to help it block further lawsuits.
Watch our full breakdown video📽️:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l_O...
Study links bisphenol exposure to both well-known and "previously underexplored sources, including ointments, medical plasters, sheer tights, wallpapering, vinyl flooring installation, crop cultivation, and food preparation with gloves."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exploring overlooked bisphenol exposure sources through a comprehensive 7-day investigation using time-activity diaries and urinary biomonitoring
Bisphenols (BPs), widely used in polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins, are associated with potential health risks, yet many exposure sources remain…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Study links bisphenol exposure to both well-known and "previously underexplored sources, including ointments, medical plasters, sheer tights, wallpapering, vinyl flooring installation, crop cultivation, and food preparation with gloves."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚨 A new @ucsfhealth.bsky.social study finds pregnant women exposed to a toxic clothing dye called o-anisidine are more likely to develop gestational diabetes, especially when carrying a male fetus.
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Clothing dye raises diabetes risk in pregnant women
By Brian Bienkowski Pregnant women exposed to a harmful clothing dye have a higher risk for gestational diabetes when they are carrying a male fetus, according to a new study.
www.thenewlede.org
July 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
🚨 A new @ucsfhealth.bsky.social study finds pregnant women exposed to a toxic clothing dye called o-anisidine are more likely to develop gestational diabetes, especially when carrying a male fetus.
@sejorg.bsky.social @ceh.org
www.thenewlede.org/2025/06/clot...
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“Where are they falling short in their testing? The answer is everywhere,” said Jerry Heindel, director of @heeds.bsky.social.
Scientists say the FDA must fix food packaging rules for #MAHA to have a real impact.
www.thenewlede.org/2025/06/fda-...
Scientists say the FDA must fix food packaging rules for #MAHA to have a real impact.
www.thenewlede.org/2025/06/fda-...
FDA must fix food packaging rules for MAHA to matter, scientists say
By Brian Bienkowski A grim assessment of children’s health released by the Trump administration last month that pointed to several types of chemicals as contributors to chronic disease has scientist...
www.thenewlede.org
June 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“Where are they falling short in their testing? The answer is everywhere,” said Jerry Heindel, director of @heeds.bsky.social.
Scientists say the FDA must fix food packaging rules for #MAHA to have a real impact.
www.thenewlede.org/2025/06/fda-...
Scientists say the FDA must fix food packaging rules for #MAHA to have a real impact.
www.thenewlede.org/2025/06/fda-...