Dr. Tracey J. Woodruff, PhD, professor and director of the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment and the Center to End Corporate Harm at UCSF issued the following statement upon release of the Make America Healthy Again Commission report. We welcome the MAHA Commission report’s recognition that toxic chemicals and corporate influence on science … Continue reading Statement on Make America Healthy Again Commission report
At a shadow hearing held by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which conducts oversight of EPA, Dr. Tracey Woodruff testified that while most people have never heard of EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) or the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), these programs provide vital and necessary information and serve as the … Continue reading Dr. Woodruff testifies on threats to ORD and IRIS at Congressional shadow hearing
Despite decades of scientific research and evaluation linking phthalates to male reproductive harm and infertility, these chemicals remain largely unregulated in the United States. There is little indication this will change based on EPA’s recent draft risk evaluation of dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP), which relies on flawed scientific methods that significantly underestimate health risks. So, PRHE … Continue reading We did the math. EPA’s calculations of male reproductive harm from DCHP are off by 50,000x.
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 letter outlining what they want from the new administration. They were joined by coal, cleaning, manufacturing, trucking, and dozens of other industry … Continue reading Industry sent their wish list to the new administration. What’s in it will make people sick.
What does the chemical spill from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, Florida’s red tide, and chemicals in household cleaning products have in common? They all rely on EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) to figure out how toxic they are and how they harm your health and the environment. Now the new administration … Continue reading They are shutting down EPA’s science.
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