Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment
@UCSF_PRHE
Working to create a healthier #environment for human reproduction and development through advancing #science and policy. Part of @UCSF / @UCSF_ObGynRS
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https://prhe.ucsf.edu 19-10-2009 20:55:14
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After years of advocacy by parents who lost their sons to this deadly chemical, U.S. EPA has finalized a ban on most uses of #MethyleneChloride .
This ruling will save lives! We urge EPA to provide greater protection to workers who could still be at risk.
toxicfreefuture.org/press-room/epa…
Did you know FIGO has a podcast? Check our these great interviews with women's health experts, including PRHE's own Rashmi Joglekar! #environmentalhealth #womenshealth
open.spotify.com/episode/3bqeWf…
'The study offers the first experimental evidence that chemicals present as additives in #microplastics can leach into human sweat, and then be absorbed through the skin, into the bloodstream.'
sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/…
“We know that plastic production is expected to grow rapidly in the next decade and that is going to mean more #microplastics . Government actions are the most equitable and efficient way to ensure people [do] not get exposed.' - Tracey J. Woodruff
medicalnewstoday.com/articles/micro…
Important statement from the AHA Science on pollutants and pediatric heart health.
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…
Critical new report from March of Dimes re: how environment and #climate impact #pregnancy and newborns. Bottom line: hotter temperatures means more pre-term babies. We must reduce chemical exposures and fossil fuels. #EarthDay
marchofdimes.org/sites/default/…
We have pushed EPA to do the right thing – so when they get it right, we say so. Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH featured in EPA's press release on this significant step to clean up #PFAS contamination in communities and make polluters pay. UC San Francisco UC San Francisco_ObGynRS
epa.gov/newsreleases/b…