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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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26. December 10, 2025 | Environmental Health News
“An escalating and underrecognised threat”
Human health, including the health of men, is a mirror of our chemical environment. Europe’s regulatory choices will determine whether the next generation live in a cleaner, healthier world — or face escalating infertility, hormonal disease, and reproductive harm. The evidence is clear, and the time to act is now 27. December 10, 2025 | Wired
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously. 28. December 10, 2025 | The Lancet Planetary Health
Exposure to plasticizer chemicals linked to hundreds of thousands of U.S. deaths each year
A recent study examined the public health risks of exposure to a mixture of common plasticizer chemicals, including bisphenol A (BPA) and eight phthalates. 29. December 9, 2025 | Fast Company
Getting rid of old furniture immediately starts lowering the toxic flame retardants in your body.
Old sofas are filled with flame retardants, which have been linked to cancer risk and neurodevelopmental issues. A new study looks at what happens in your body when you get new furniture. 30. December 9, 2025 | The Ecologist
Recycling 'worsens microplastics problem'
New laboratory research found that recycled polyester creates 55 per cent more microplastic pollution particles on average during washing than virgin polyester, which is less brittle. 31. December 7, 2025 | AP News
Toxic smog blankets New Delhi, disrupting travel and plunging air quality to hazardous levels
Dense toxic smog blanketed India’s capital on Monday, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks, disrupting travel and causing authorities to impose the strictest containment measures. 32. December 6, 2025 | The Independent
Five ways microplastics can harm your brain and fuel diseases
Study estimated humans consume 250g of microplastics, the size of a dinner plate, every year. 33. December 6, 2025 | Euronews
High exposure to PFAS is linked to a higher risk of endocrine disruption among women
The study, published on Friday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open, analysed blood samples for seven types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds and found that certain chemicals were associated with hormonal disruption. 34. December 5, 2025 | Science of The Total Environment
Supposedly “safer” substitutes for BPA continue to drive metabolic disease globally
A recent analysis found that exposure to bisphenol chemicals — including BPA and its replacements BPS and BPF — were responsible for over 127 million cases of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome globally in 2024. 35. December 5, 2025 | VOGUE
Do You Need to Be Worried About Asbestos in Makeup Again?
The rule, which was first proposed in December 2024 as part of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022, brought the industry closer to setting up standardized testing of asbestos in talc. 36. December 5, 2025 | Newsweek
Forever Chemicals Disrupt Placenta, May Add Risk to Pregnancies
Six common "forever chemicals"—may disrupt early placental development and endanger pregnancy health before most women are even aware they are pregnant, according to a new study. 37. December 4, 2025 | ABC
Microplastics in brains, bloodstreams
There is a new and major push to understand the level of microplastics in drinking water in Chicago and throughout the country 38. December 4, 2025 | The Guardian
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across
Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water 39. December 4, 2025 | U.S. Right to Know
Hormone-disrupting chemicals contaminate breast milk.
The most common health problems linked to early exposure to endocrine disruptors in breast milk were effects on brain development and changes in normal thyroid hormone levels 40. December 3, 2025 | Mongabay
‘Silent epidemic of chemical pollution’ demands radical regulatory redo
The scientists found that synthesized pesticides and plasticizers contain petroleum-based waste and heavy metals such as arsenic that can make them “at least 1,000 times more toxic” than the active ingredients alone, posing chronic disease and health threats, especially to children — claims that the chemical industry denies. 41. December 3, 2025 | BBC
Delhi records 200,000 acute respiratory illness cases amid toxic air
More than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses were recorded in six state-run hospitals in Delhi between 2022 and 2024 as the Indian capital struggled with rising pollution levels, the federal government has said. 42. December 2, 2025 | Iowa Capital Dispatch
Nitrate levels in Iowa water remained high through fall
Experts see the trend as increased need for sufficient water quality monitoring 43. December 1, 2025 | Euronews
Air pollution linked to over 180,000 deaths in the EU.
Which country was hit the hardest? A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) found that between 2005 and 2023, premature deaths attributable to fine particulate matter fell by 57 per cent. 44. 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. 45. 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. 46. 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. 47. 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. 48. 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. 49. 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. 50. 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.
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