Nick Chartres, PhD

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, ...

👇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.
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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

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...

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...

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.

“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...

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.

@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

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.

"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.

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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...

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

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...

@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
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"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.

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

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...

#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...

As explained by @fastlerner.bsky.social @propublica.org IRIS assessments have been the cornerstone for setting standards for some of the most lethal #cancer causing #chemcials including #formaldehyde, #chloroprene & #ethyleneoxide.

Cutting this program will lead to sub-standard scientific evaluations, higher levels of #chemical exposures and thus greater rates of disease including #infertility, #cancer and developmental disorder like #Autisim & #ADHD.

"We must restore the integrity of the scientific process by protecting expert recommendations from inappropriate influence and increasing transparency regarding existing data"

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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/...

👇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.

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.

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.

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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...

Excellent piece in The Hill on the extraordinary health costs associated with #ultraprocessedfoods in the U.S, and why limiting their availability is critical for the health of populations and economies worldwide.
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I recommended to the Australian Government Senate Select Committee on #PFAS 'forever' chemicals yesterday that they must follow the EUs proposal to ban PFAS (~14,000 variants) as a class. It is the only way we can protect ourselves & future generations from the harms of these #chemicals.