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Bulletin 2009-11
Please find below recent news and emerging science on environmental impacts to human health, gleaned from Environmental Health News and other sources.
This service is provided to you as a part of the HEAL’s Chemicals Health Monitor project. To receive more information about the project, please, send an e-mail to info@env-health.org.
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Major medical and scientific societies recognize the harmful effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and work towards precautionary policy
A major medical and scientific society, the Endocrine Society, has released a Scientific Statement on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals. The (...)REACH question time at the European Parliament: October 2009
On 6 October 2009, Commission staff from DG Enterprise (Zourek) and DG Environment (Borchardt) answered questions raised by members of the (...)EU Laws regulating harmful chemicals in electric products being revised: first discussion in EU Parliament
The WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) (...)Chemicals Agency Director Discusses REACH at European Parliament
On November 3, the executive director of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Geert Dancet, attended the European Parliament Committee on (...)US EPA releases principles for precautionary reform of US chemical regulation
Lisa Jackson, the new chief of the US Environmental Protection Agency appointed by President Obama, announced on 29 September the Obama (...)A Problematic Approach to Assessing Chemical Safety? The EU Scientific Committees on the Threshold of Toxicological Concern and HEAL submissions
The news: The Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC) concept posits that for chemicals whose toxicity is well understood, safe levels of (...)
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Concern mounts about chemicals contamination from unconventional natural gas
Concern in Europe is mounting about the threats of hazardous chemical contamination and subsequent public health consequences from the unconventional drilling for natural gas. The hydrofracturing (...) (Read more...)
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French National Academy of Medicine on EDCs and Cancer
The French National Academy of Medicine has released a report which recognises that endocrine disrupting chemicals are contributing to the rising incidence of some hormone dependent cancers. This (...) (Read more...)
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France close to banning BPA in food contact materials
The French National Assembly voted on 13 October, by 348 votes for and 2 against, to ban bisphenol A (BPA) in all food contact materials from 2014. The decision, which now goes to the French (...) (Read more...)
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EU holding meeting on EDCs
The European Commission is holding the 3rd Ad-hoc meeting of Commission Services, European Agencies and Member States under the Community Strategy for Endocrine Disruptors and the 1st Expert (...) (Read more...)
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First proposed ban of chemicals ’cocktail’ in consumer products
The European Chemicals Agency is conducting a public consultation on a proposed ban of certain articles containing a combination of four phthalates (DEHP, BBP, DBP and DIBP). This consultation is (...) (Read more...)
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European Week on Human Biomonitoring Nov 28 – Dec 2
The European Humanbiomonitoring projects are holding a week of meetings in Brussels. About the projects. The European Union Research Programme is funding a project to deveop a framework for (...) (Read more...)
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New book about raising children in age of environmental crisis
Sandra Steingraber, well known author of two important books on environmental health, has just published another work about raising children in an age of environmental crisis. Her previous (...) (Read more...)
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