As rising chronic disease trends are driven, in part, by exposures to harmful chemicals, pollutants, and plastics, a team of more than 30 environmental health experts led by scientists at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) developed the first decision-making framework for environmental health that prioritizes prevention rather than continuing to allow environmental harms that … Continue reading Scientists launch new tool to prioritize people’s health in government decision-making
Month: February 2025
Holding industry to account for health harms
In response to an alarming rise in chronic disease fueled, in part, by exposure to fossil fuels, chemicals, plastics, tobacco, and ultra processed food, the new Center to End Corporate Harm launched at UCSF last week with a panel featuring some of the scientists leading the new initiative. The following are excerpts from the panel … Continue reading Holding industry to account for health harms
Statement on RFK Jr Confirmation to HHS Secretary
Dr. Tracey J. Woodruff, PhD, professor and director of the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment and the EaRTH Center at UCSF issued the following statement today upon Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation as Secretary of Health and Human Services. We face an epidemic of chronic disease fueled by industrial polluters including the chemical, … Continue reading Statement on RFK Jr Confirmation to HHS Secretary




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