RT @EHNewsroom: In a commentary published in Frontiers in Toxicology, researchers highlight the gaps preventing current regulatory approach…

To truly protect babies, the FDA must act on all significant sources of contamination and set meaningful limits—because anything less fails to protect our most vulnerable” said @HBBForg research director Jane Houlihan. @unleadedkids

ECHA takes on new role to improve safety of packaging materials. First task: to support the EC by preparing a study identifying chemicals of concern in packaging and related components assessing how these chemicals affect their safety, reuse & recycling.

@calleymeans @madamscientist with all due respect, Calley, grants create jobs. Grad students, post-docs, lab technicians, animal husbandry, analytical equipment development, software development, and so on. You fund research, to see results you need people.

@MajoMallmann 17:30 burn training

@elperritorubio John Hamm?

An excellent report by Alec Opperman on the broken generally recognized as safe (GRAS) system that allows companies to put chemicals of unknown safety in our food. Neither FDA nor consumers know what we eat. #GRAS @MorePerfectUS

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately. The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

RT @NIH: Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead,…

RT @NewsfromScience: The National Institutes of Health plans to severely cut the percentage of its grant money that can be used for overhea…

The Trump administration is “saying let them drink lead”, said Erik Olson, senior adviser to the NRDC Action Fund. “It’s a bad look to support lead poisoning children,” he added. “Not the best foot forward for the new Congress.” @NRDC_Action @PomTerkins

RT @CivilEats: USAID Dismantling Raises Questions About Food Aid Purchased from American Farmers For more updates, check out the Civil Ea…

@osvaldobazan el problema no es el perro que ladra, es el dueño que no lo entreno bien para que no ladre por cualquier cosa, no lo deje suelto y otros malos habitos comunes en el pais.

@elperritorubio ya es tarde, no hay vuelta atras

This month, the EU banned BPA in all food-related materials to address health risks. @FDAfood has yet to act on a multi-stakeholder petition to restrict uses of #BPA it filed on May 2nd, 2022. It's been 825 days past the legal date to respond (180d).

In the US, it is estimated that 129 million people have at least one major chronic disease. In recent decades, public health researchers have demonstrated that chemical exposures contribute to both the prevalence & severity of an increasing number of preventable chronic diseases.

@isabellacueto Isa, would it be possible to lift the paywall? This reporting is very important and more people should be able to read about the person who may be in charge of protecting our health. Thanks.

RT @hbottemiller: As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moderates his statements on vaccines but doubles down on the MAHA food agenda... this new poll f…

Between 1990 and 2019, the incidence of cancer in under-50s rose by 79%. That short timeframe means the rise cannot be explained by genetic factors, said @TraceyJWoodruff. In 2019, some of the most common cancers U50s were colorectal, breast & skin cancer.