Project TENDR - Targeting Environmental Neuro-Development Risks

We'll be watching! This is an important hearing on an attempt to reopen and gut TSCA, America's chemical safety law.

A new campaign is uniting people to tackle toxic chemicals. Check it out!

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Air pollution can impact adolescent brain development, OHSU study finds The analysis indicated that exposure to common air pollutants is associated with accelerated cortical thinning in adolescents.

"Researchers observed changes even in children who were exposed to pollution at levels the Environmental Protection Agency considers safe." #EPA #brainhealth

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Here’s why new EPA rules on ‘everywhere chemicals’ could fall short The Environmental Protection Agency will issue regulations to protect workers from phthalates, chemicals found in plastics that are linked to health problems.

EPA's new rules fail to protect consumers from toxic phthalates in our food, homes, and products, leaving children's developing brains and bodies especially at risk of harm.
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PFAS in pregnant women’s drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from PFAS-contaminated sites. The results show the high cost of PFAS harm.

We are all paying a price from being exposed to toxic #PFAS, and children may be paying the biggest price of all. We urge EPA to protect children from harm.

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The EPA Is Giving Polluters a Free Pass I lost my friend to cancer. EPA rollbacks make more losses inevitable.

When environmental safeguards are eliminated, children are exposed to more toxic chemicals and pollutants, and many of those harm children's brains. We can and must do better.
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Landmark glyphosate safety study retracted for Monsanto ghostwriting, other ethics problems A scientific study that regulators around the world relied on for decades to justify continued approval of glyphosate was quietly retracted last Friday.

BREAKING: Sickening news coming out on a 2000 study published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmocology finding #glyphosate to be safe for people at typical exposure levels was ghost written by Monsanto. And the journal knew about this at least as far back as 2017.

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Seven Governors Call on EPA to Monitor Microplastics in Drinking Water Last week, Governor Murphy and six other Governors sent a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding that the agency include microplastics in the next Unregulated Contaminant Moni...

Microplastics have been found in all major parts of the body, including brains. And drinking water is a major pathway of exposure. We hope this is a step toward removing #microplastics from drinking water.

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‘Everywhere chemicals’ are in our food, decades after scientists recognized dangers A large body of science has linked phthalates to a variety of serious health conditions, including premature birth and infertility.

There is scientific consensus that #phthalates exposures can harm children's brains, especially contributing to attention problems. This is preventable by prioritizing health in policy actions.

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Brain development in children linked to mother's PFAS chemical exposure New research has made a striking link between a mother’s exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy and the shape of her child’s brain at age five. The findings offer no conclusion as to whether...

EPA needs to do a better job of protecting people from toxic harms like #PFAS, which can pass through the placenta during #pregnancy and impact fetal health, including brain development.

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EPA panel warns plastics threaten kids’ health — Bayer says evidence lacking A committee of expert advisers is calling for stronger environmental regulations to protect children from plastics and other harmful chemicals, despite a dissenting industry position claiming there is...

Project TENDR is excited to be on Bluesky where we will be sharing the latest science and initiatives to protect children's brains from toxic chemicals. A growing threat to children's health that we can do something about: #plastics.

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