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WHO Regional Workshop on Chemical Safety
24 - 26th June 2013
The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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1. December 1, 2025 | IOL
New research links pesticides to serious brain development issues in South Africa
A new study led by scientists from the Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health Research at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute at the University of Basel is now forcing that conversation into the light. 2. November 27, 2025 | The New Lede
Common pesticides and plastic chemicals stifle healthy gut bacteria
More than a hundred chemicals in pesticides, plastics and other products that people are routinely exposed to stifle the growth of health-promoting gut bacteria, according to a new study. 3. November 26, 2025 | UNDARK.org
Infant Formula Needs Evidence-Based Oversight.
Regulatory and testing gaps have long been filled by third-party groups with what critics say are questionable methods. 4. November 26, 2025 | International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Clinicians can help address environmental toxics in reproductive health, international experts say
In a recent opinion paper addresses how exposures to environmental toxics — including endocrine disrupting chemicals — have a wide range of impacts on reproductive health, and how clinicians can play a role in addressing this issue. 5. November 25, 2025 | CNN World
Lethal smog is back in the world’s most polluted capital.
New Delhi - It’s easy to tell when it’s smog season in New Delhi; the air gets darker, heavier and starts scratching the throats and testing the lungs of the city’s 34 million residents. 6. November 25, 2025 | UNDARK
Pharma Pushes Back on State PFAS Regulations Republish
Drugmakers claim that broad state PFAS laws are overly burdensome. But environmental health experts aren’t convinced. 7. November 25, 2025 | The New York TImes
The Auto Industry Was Warned: Battery Recycling Was Poisoning People
Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry. 8. November 25, 2025 | The Hill
FDA withdraws proposal to require talc-containing cosmetics to test for asbestos
The Trump administration is withdrawing a proposal to require cosmetic companies to test their talc-containing products for asbestos, according to a public notice Tuesday. 9. November 25, 2025 | U.S. Right to Know
Atrazine probably causes cancer in humans, WHO cancer agency says
The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency has classified atrazine – the second most widely used herbicide in the United States – as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” adding to growing concerns about toxic exposures in the nation’s farm belt. 10. November 24, 2025 | Mongabay
Toxic runoff from politically linked gold mine poisons Cambodian rivers, communities
Communities along Cambodia’s O’Ta Bouk River are experiencing severe water contamination, skin ailments and the collapse of fish stocks, which they blame on an unregulated gold mine operating upstream inside Virachey National Park. 11. November 24, 2025 | FirstPost
Millions at health risk in Southeast Asia, study points to toxic chemicals from 2,400 mines
A new study by the US-based Stimson Centre think tank warns that toxic runoff from thousands of unregulated mining sites across Southeast Asia is contaminating major rivers like the Mekong, threatening millions of lives, regional ecosystems, and key economic sectors. 12. November 20, 2025 | dw.com
How criminals are trafficking illegal waste in Europe
Massive mountains of waste near the Thames River in Oxfordshire, England, and in suburbs around Bucharest, Romania, reveal a hidden crisis: illegal waste dumps and the criminal gangs that profit from them. 13. November 18, 2025 | The Guardian
California farms applied millions of pounds of Pfas to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’ 14. November 18, 2025 | The New Lede
Baby food fears: Are pesticides and other contaminants posing threats to children?
From botulism spores in infant formula to arsenic and insecticides in baby food, concerns are swirling over contamination in foods marketed as essential nutrition for young children. 15. November 14, 2025 | Environmental Science & Technology
Lead water pipes are a primary contributor to lead exposure in children, study says
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology found a strong association between the presence of lead service lines (LSLs) and children’s elevated blood lead levels in Cincinnati, Ohio and Grand Rapids, Michigan. 16. November 12, 2025 | Gulf Coast News
Experts highlight hidden toxic chemicals in candles
Experts in Fort Myers are warning that many candles may contain toxic chemicals, urging you to choose cleaner options. 17. November 12, 2025 | KFF Health News
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group with normal cognition. 18. November 11, 2025 | New Atlas
Brain development in children linked to mother's PFAS chemical exposure
The 5-year study found links between PFAS levels in a mother's blood during pregnancy and brain development in her offspring. 19. November 11, 2025 | earth.com
Drinking water contaminated with PFAS directly linked to dangerous blood toxin levels
People in U.S. communities with higher PFAS in public drinking water also tend to carry more of these chemicals in their blood. The most important number is this: 7.1 percent of residents in high exposure areas had blood levels above 20 ng/mL, compared with 2.8 percent in low exposure areas. 20. November 11, 2025 | The New York Times
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia. 21. November 6, 2025 | The Washington Post
How dry cleaning might raise the risk of cancer, and what to do about it
A new study found links between a toxic dry cleaning chemical and liver cancer. Trump officials are reconsidering an EPA plan to phase it out. 22. November 6, 2025 | ABC News
Hormone disrupting chemicals in sunscreens — are they a safety risk?
With the days getting longer and the UV warnings becoming more intense, it's a time of year many Australians are increasing their sunscreen use. 23. November 6, 2025 | U.S. Right to Know
Air pollution, even at low levels, may heighten breast cancer risk
Even a small drop in NO2 pollution might mean 9,500 fewer U.S. breast cancer cases each year 24. November 5, 2025 | Annals of Medicine
Plasticizers linked to changes in kidney function
A nation-wide study of U.S. adults published found that markers of exposure to phthalate plasticizers were associated with changes in kidney function. 25. November 5, 2025 | The New Lede
Parkinson’s and pesticides – Inside the fight over paraquat
Mounting scientific evidence links the pesticide paraquat to Parkinson’s disease, a debilitating and deadly brain disease on the rise in the US.
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