Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment
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Working to create a healthier #environment for human reproduction and development through advancing #science and policy. Part of UCSF and @ucsf-obgynrs.bsky.social
EPA continues to delay a proposed ban on TCE, a chemical linked to Parkinson's disease. TCE has contaminated numerous military bases where soldiers and their families are exposed. EPA must move swiftly to protect soldiers, veterans and their families.
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
EPA continues to delay a proposed ban on TCE, a chemical linked to Parkinson's disease. TCE has contaminated numerous military bases where soldiers and their families are exposed. EPA must move swiftly to protect soldiers, veterans and their families.
Q: "How does a chemical with a 100% cancer risk get approved?"
A. "Political interference."
A. "Political interference."
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Q: "How does a chemical with a 100% cancer risk get approved?"
A. "Political interference."
A. "Political interference."
HAPPENING NOW: Dr. Woodruff testifying before Senate EPW Subcommittee on need to protect people from toxic chemicals.
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Dr. Woodruff testifying before Senate EPW Subcommittee on need to protect people from toxic chemicals.
Science Associate Emily Lasher, MSPH will be presenting for International Society of Exposure Science on some of her terrific work with PRHE. We hope you will join us for the webinar on September 17th at 11am ET!
Register at: lnkd.in/g2S-5m7E
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August 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Science Associate Emily Lasher, MSPH will be presenting for International Society of Exposure Science on some of her terrific work with PRHE. We hope you will join us for the webinar on September 17th at 11am ET!
Register at: lnkd.in/g2S-5m7E
Register at: lnkd.in/g2S-5m7E
One week from today! Learn about the corporate secrets in the UCSF Industry Documents Library and how you can use the library in your research.
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May 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
One week from today! Learn about the corporate secrets in the UCSF Industry Documents Library and how you can use the library in your research.
Register at: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register at: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"Eliminating the science will not make the harms go away." @traceywoodruff.bsky.social @epw.senate.gov
May 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"Eliminating the science will not make the harms go away." @traceywoodruff.bsky.social @epw.senate.gov
"Most people have not heard of ORD or IRIS, but these scientific EPA programs, with highly trained and experienced scientists, have extensive and far-reaching responsibilities that affect the health of every person in the US." -Dr. Tracey Woodruff at @epw.senate.gov spotlight forum
May 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Most people have not heard of ORD or IRIS, but these scientific EPA programs, with highly trained and experienced scientists, have extensive and far-reaching responsibilities that affect the health of every person in the US." -Dr. Tracey Woodruff at @epw.senate.gov spotlight forum
Join us: Congressional forum on EPA political leadership’s toxic gaslighting and “polluter-driven lawlessness.”
Watch live now: www.youtube.com/live/3l-bOsI...
Watch live now: www.youtube.com/live/3l-bOsI...
May 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Join us: Congressional forum on EPA political leadership’s toxic gaslighting and “polluter-driven lawlessness.”
Watch live now: www.youtube.com/live/3l-bOsI...
Watch live now: www.youtube.com/live/3l-bOsI...
"Once in the environment, microplastics are forever." - @traceywoodruff.bsky.social testifying before the California State Assembly today on possible action to reduce microbeads.
April 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Once in the environment, microplastics are forever." - @traceywoodruff.bsky.social testifying before the California State Assembly today on possible action to reduce microbeads.
Our leader Tracey J. Woodruff with Breast Cancer Prevention Partners' Janet Nudelman waiting to testify on microplastics before the California Legislature. You can watch here: www.assembly.ca.gov/media-live-e...
April 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Our leader Tracey J. Woodruff with Breast Cancer Prevention Partners' Janet Nudelman waiting to testify on microplastics before the California Legislature. You can watch here: www.assembly.ca.gov/media-live-e...
Are ultra-processed foods the new tobacco? Find out May 5 at 12p PT when Dr. Laura Schmidt, UCSF and Jessie Gouck, CA Dept of Public Health share what they know. Moderated by Dr. Isabel Modzerera, Berkeley Public Health. Register today! berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Are ultra-processed foods the new tobacco? Find out May 5 at 12p PT when Dr. Laura Schmidt, UCSF and Jessie Gouck, CA Dept of Public Health share what they know. Moderated by Dr. Isabel Modzerera, Berkeley Public Health. Register today! berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
“There are thousands of chemicals used in plastics, which have grown 15x since the 1950s. Plastics production has doubled since 2008 and is now expected to triple. … Corporations are driving this.”
@traceywoodruff.bsky.social at @cleanairmoms.bsky.social Annual Summit on Plastics
@traceywoodruff.bsky.social at @cleanairmoms.bsky.social Annual Summit on Plastics
April 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“There are thousands of chemicals used in plastics, which have grown 15x since the 1950s. Plastics production has doubled since 2008 and is now expected to triple. … Corporations are driving this.”
@traceywoodruff.bsky.social at @cleanairmoms.bsky.social Annual Summit on Plastics
@traceywoodruff.bsky.social at @cleanairmoms.bsky.social Annual Summit on Plastics
Veterans are speaking out about their exposure to the highly toxic TCE. A ban on TCE was scheduled for January 2025, but the new administration has failed to implement it. Our troops and their families need protection from #TCE and other harmful chemicals.
March 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Veterans are speaking out about their exposure to the highly toxic TCE. A ban on TCE was scheduled for January 2025, but the new administration has failed to implement it. Our troops and their families need protection from #TCE and other harmful chemicals.
U.S. military veterans are raising the alarm about TCE, a highly toxic chemical that EPA found poses "unreasonable health risks." Under the current administration, EPA delayed a scheduled ban and phase out. It's time to protect our troops and their families from #TCE.
March 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
U.S. military veterans are raising the alarm about TCE, a highly toxic chemical that EPA found poses "unreasonable health risks." Under the current administration, EPA delayed a scheduled ban and phase out. It's time to protect our troops and their families from #TCE.
To ensure the health of all people in the U.S., we must restore Environmental Justice, which means 'all people have the right to live in healthy, thriving communities..." Read our recommendations for the new administration:
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March 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
To ensure the health of all people in the U.S., we must restore Environmental Justice, which means 'all people have the right to live in healthy, thriving communities..." Read our recommendations for the new administration:
prhe.ucsf.edu/sites/g/file...
prhe.ucsf.edu/sites/g/file...
Accurate data are essential to public and environmental health. Government data are owned by the taxpayers. To protect people from harmful chemicals, the new administration must ensure data are up to date and publicly available.
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March 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Accurate data are essential to public and environmental health. Government data are owned by the taxpayers. To protect people from harmful chemicals, the new administration must ensure data are up to date and publicly available.
prhe.ucsf.edu/sites/g/file...
prhe.ucsf.edu/sites/g/file...
Want to "make America healthy again"? Then EPA needs to use and follow the best available science rather than give the chemical industry free rein to poison our air, food, and water.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Want to "make America healthy again"? Then EPA needs to use and follow the best available science rather than give the chemical industry free rein to poison our air, food, and water.
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NEW: A team of experts, led by PRHE, has developed recommendations for the new administration to prioritize science and health. They include to safeguard scientific integrity and stop corporate interference in regulatory decision-making.
prhe.ucsf.edu
prhe.ucsf.edu
March 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
NEW: A team of experts, led by PRHE, has developed recommendations for the new administration to prioritize science and health. They include to safeguard scientific integrity and stop corporate interference in regulatory decision-making.
prhe.ucsf.edu
prhe.ucsf.edu
Our new evidence-to-decision framework for environmental health puts people first so that we can better mitigate harms.
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February 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Our new evidence-to-decision framework for environmental health puts people first so that we can better mitigate harms.
prheucsf.blog/2025/02/27/s...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40012089/
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40012089/
PFAS, microplastics, and other harmful chemicals are found in the unlikeliest places, so our team is traveling to the North Pole to see what we can find. We’ll report back on Jan 6th. Wishing happy holidays and a happy New Year to our colleagues, partners, and funders.
December 20, 2024 at 6:56 PM
PFAS, microplastics, and other harmful chemicals are found in the unlikeliest places, so our team is traveling to the North Pole to see what we can find. We’ll report back on Jan 6th. Wishing happy holidays and a happy New Year to our colleagues, partners, and funders.
SAVE THE DATE: One week from today, hear from legal and scientific experts about what's gone wrong with #EPA decision-making and what it means for the future of health and environmental justice. Register at bit.ly/sandec24
@earthjustice.bsky.social @traceywoodruff.bsky.social
@earthjustice.bsky.social @traceywoodruff.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 8:29 PM
SAVE THE DATE: One week from today, hear from legal and scientific experts about what's gone wrong with #EPA decision-making and what it means for the future of health and environmental justice. Register at bit.ly/sandec24
@earthjustice.bsky.social @traceywoodruff.bsky.social
@earthjustice.bsky.social @traceywoodruff.bsky.social