For an overview of the health impacts of #microplastics, the #chemicals used in their production including #PFAS & #bisphenols, & what we can do to protect ourselves from them, have a listen to the below 15-minute podcast. Thanks to The Daily Aus for the invitation. shorturl.at/Z4nzP

Join us as the American Journal of Public Health & leading scientists present groundbreaking research on the health impacts of ultra-processed foods. The launch of this July issue will be held in Washington, D.C. & virtually June 3 at 11 a.m. ET -sign up for a ticket now shorturl.at/B9gsk

The Sydney Morning Herlad covers our study in New England Journal of Medicine establishing the corporations that make 5 health harming products (#fossilfuels, #chemicals, #ultraprocessedfoods, #tobacco & #alcohol) as the leading risk factors for death globally. www.smh.com.au/national/the...

Very excited to announce our paper on corporate vectors of chronic disease - and what can be done about it - published in NEJM! Congrats to all our authors including @nickchartres.bsky.social @feralyogi.bsky.social @drlauraschmidt.bsky.social @traceywoodruff.bsky.social DOI: 10.1056/NEJMms2507028

👇 Our study published New England Journal of Medicine establishes the corporations that make 5 health harming products (#fossilfuels, #chemicals, #ultraprocessedfoods, #tobacco & #alcohol) are the leading risk factors for death globally. @c2ech.bsky.social www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

👇3-minute overview of key limitations of the MAHA Commision Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy. Of greatest concern - no effort to address corporate capture of regulatory agencies by the #chemical industry. prheucsf.blog/2025/09/09/m...

MAHA plan fails to recommend real solutions to rising chronic disease

The new MAHA action plan provides evidence that industry stepped in and said, ‘not while we are in charge.’ What’s telling is not only what’s in the report, but what has been removed from the report, ...

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American Journal of Public Health Call for Papers: “How can we address the influence of the ultra-processed food (UPF) industry in shaping our food systems and overreliance on UPFs and what types of science-based policies are required to reduce UPF consumption?" Details bit.ly/3IegzY3

Final round global Plastics Treaty negotiations begin today in Switzerland. These talks will shape how much #plastic the world will produce for generations to come. Here is a 5-minute overview of the key decisions that must be made to protect human #health. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Nations gather in push to finalise UN Plastics Treaty - ABC listen

Representatives from 170 countries are gathering in Geneva, Switzerland, today in the hopes of finalising a global treaty limiting plastic pollution. December talks in South Korea collapsed after a s...

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“The world is facing a plastic pollution crisis that is getting worse every year.” U.N. negotiators will soon hash out the terms of a global plastics treaty. Experts say they must focus on capping plastics production instead of false solutions like recycling. insideclimatenews.org/news/0907202...

Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say - Inside Climate News

Plastics and their toxic chemicals endanger people, wildlife and the environment throughout their life cycle, they warn, calling for production caps in the U.N. treaty.

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The world is about to finalize the most consequential legally binding instrument on plastics. It will decide how much #plastic the world will produce for generations. Please read our Editorial in @who.int Bulletin to understand key flaws in the Treaty. It will take 5 minutes.

Center to End Corporate Harm@c2ech.bsky.social · last yr.

There is no safe way to recycle plastics that contain thousands of toxic chemicals. Plastics treaty negotiators need to push back on industry's false narrative that we can "recycle" our way out of the plastics crisis. prheucsf.blog/2025/07/09/s... @nickchartres.bsky.social @toxicsfree.bsky.social

@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social will be hosting an in-person workshop, How to Conduct Gold-Star Systematic Reviews, this August. I will be joined by @traceywoodruff.bsky.social It will be held on Sunday, August 17th, from 1-5pm, at the Hotel Indigo in Atlanta. Registration can be found at: bit.ly/sr-aug25

The administration is gutting the most important office at #USEPA, responsible for identifying harms of hazardous chemicals like Gen X, #PFAS. It is critical in preventing chronic diseases like #cancer. Watch @traceywoodruff.bsky.social @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social giving testimony today bit.ly/43kXbiF

Want to learn how we can hold health harming corporations to account? Join us 12pm PT, Thursday May 29 to hear about the work of the @UCSF Center to End Corporate Harm

Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · last yr.

SAVE THE DATE: 2 weeks from today - learn how to find corporate internal documents and what they tell us about industry strategies to promote health-harming products and delay regulations. With @TraceyJWoodruff and @NickZChartres @industrydocs www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...

"If we are not evaluating emerging chemicals, if we are pretending they don't exist, we are going to see the health consequences, maybe 10 or 20 years from now," another scientist told NPR. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump cuts demolish agency focused on toxic chemicals and workplace hazards

The Trump administration has decimated an agency responsible for carrying out much of the research and prevention efforts to curb exposure to dangerous substances and situations in the workplace.

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The American Chemistry Council along with dozens of trade organizations propose gutting major #environmental #regulations in U.S, including on #PFAS. These rollbacks will ^ chronic disease & not make America healthy. Only industries bottom-line. Great blog by @slamont.bsky.social bit.ly/4khAsL9

Industry sent their wish list to the new administration. What’s in it will make people sick.

The following is a guest post by the Center to End Corporate Harm. The National Association of Manufacturers and the American Chemistry Council – the chemical industry’s trade group – sent a 21-page l...

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@traceywoodruff.bsky.social & I explained to @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social why delaying action on regulating #microplastics while waiting for perfect data could have serious consequences, particularly given the rise in unexplained #cancer rates and chronic diseases bit.ly/44lBTnd

Microplastics: an underestimated and underregulated crisis

Plastics are everywhere—even in the air we breathe. Researchers are discovering microplastics (<5 mm) and nanoplastics (<1 μm), not just in the environment around us, but also in the internal organs o...

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With clever messaging around MAHA & daily 'shocks', many people are too distracted to understand the #environmental rollbacks taking place. Read 👇why rates of children's #cancer, #parkinsonsdisease & #infertility will skyrocket. bit.ly/41EEgyx

"Make America Healthy Again" is dead

There is nothing RFK Jr. can do at the Department of Health to make up for what's happening at the EPA.

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#1: Put chemical industry lobbyists in charge at EPA's toxics office including one who worked for Dupont, a leading manufacturer of #PFAS & another who fought against banning #asbestos prheucsf.blog/2025/03/10/1...

10 ways the Trump administration is “making America toxic again”

Our goal is to get toxins out of the environment, poisons out of our food supply, and keep our children healthy and strong.” – President Trump during his State of the Union address, March 4, 2025 We a...

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Removal of the most critical independent program at USEPA because of corporate capture, led by the American Chemistry Council, is a clear contradiction to the directives of Executive Order 14212 "Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission" www.propublica.org/article/legi...

Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections

Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.

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Join us on Tuesday Mar 11, 2025, 11:00 AM Pacific Time to hear the findings of our world first rapid systematic review on the health effects of #microplastics. We will discuss what action #governments globally must take now to protect this and future generations from their harms.

Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · last yr.

Curious about microplastics? What does the science say? Find out from two of the best studying this problem. www.akaction.org/webinars/202...

IRIS made it possible to confirm what communities already knew - that they were getting sick from toxic chemicals

Sharon Lerner@fastlerner.bsky.social · last yr.

IRIS made ToxMap possible 👇 projects.propublica.org/toxmap/

U.S EPA fails to quantify how many people are harmed at different levels of #chemical exposure for any health effects that are not #cancer, thus, significantly underestimating the true risk of chemicals & the benefits of regulating them. Deeply flawed and dangerous to our #health

Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · last yr.

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. prhe.ucsf.edu/sites/g/file...

Universal principles that should be implemented at all regulatory agencies, globally to protect #publichealth and not #corporate interests and profits.

Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · last yr.

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

Learn about the work this new Center will do based on empirical research using the @ucsflibrary.bsky.social industry documents. This archive now includes >21 million previously secret internal documents from the #fossilfuel, #tobacco, #ultraprocessedfood, #pharmaceutical and #chemical industries.

Center to End Corporate Harm@c2ech.bsky.social · last yr.

What does the science show on how large corporations impact health? And how can these health-harming industries be held accountable? Check out our latest blog for highlights from speakers at our Center to End Corporate Harm launch event. prheucsf.blog/2025/02/25/h...

Learn the latest science and keep up with work to combat the leading vector of disease this century. Based on the excellent papers in the UCSF @ucsf-industrydocs.bsky.social

Center to End Corporate Harm@c2ech.bsky.social · last yr.

What does the science show on how large corporations impact health? And how can these health-harming industries be held accountable? Check out our latest blog for highlights from speakers at our Center to End Corporate Harm launch event. prheucsf.blog/2025/02/25/h...

I have learned so much from @traceywoodruff.bsky.social @nickchartres.bsky.social and my fellow co-authors on this paper. For more on how the framework can improve scientific analyses and toxic chemical regulations: prheucsf.blog/2025/02/27/s... Paper is here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Tracey Woodruff@traceywoodruff.bsky.social · last yr.

Our new paper on how to make decision making more transparent and focused on things that matter - science, human rights and whether we need it in the first place. @profrrothschild.bsky.social @nickchartres.bsky.social

👇Once established that a #chemical harms human #health the 1st step in using our framework designed for regulatory agencies, like U.S EPA is to determine if it is 'essential' - if not, then prohibit its use immediately.

Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: Our new Evidence-to-Decision Framework for Environmental Health is out! This tool is designed to help govt make better decisions to protect people's health, especially for communities highly impacted by toxics and pollutants. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40012089/

Great article on the launch of our new Center to End Corporate Harm at @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social by @lizagross.bsky.social Through empirical investigations, our work will aim to prevent the leading risk factor for death and disease globally. bit.ly/434MfqU

Lethal Greed: How Corporate Manipulation of Science and Regulation Makes People Sick - Inside Climate News

Scientists launch a new research center to study what they say is now a leading disease risk factor: corporations.

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If this administration cares about the harms of #PFAS #chemicals, then they must address the root cause of their widespread harm... #corporate funded science and #suppression of unfavorable science. Read the 👇to understand the strategies used across industries pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The Devil they Knew: Chemical Documents Analysis of Industry Influence on PFAS Science

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of widely-used chemicals that persist in the environment and bioaccumulate in humans and animals, becoming an increasing cause for global concern....

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