PFAS and Child Development: Webinar Recording
Two perspectives on the impact of PFAS on child development.. A Children’s Environmental Health Day webinar by the Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health.
Tag: Toxic Chemicals – EDCs
Safe Spaces: Protecting Student Health on Children’s Environmental Health Day and Every Day
This webinar will provide an overview of the unique vulnerabilities of children to environmental health hazards, including students and staff in the school environment focusing on both legacy and emerging threats
Penn’s $100M pledge to Philadelphia public schools is helping to remediate environmental hazards
Penn’s commitment of $10 million annually for 10 years was announced in 2020; Penn Today reports on the progress made.
Harmful chemicals in tap water: how to protect your family’s health
Many U.S. families trust their tap water or believe they can fully control their private well. But do you know how contaminated your water may be?
PFAS and Child Development: A Children’s Environmental Health Day Event
In advance of Children’s Environmental Health Day, PRCCEH is hosting a virtual event on the impacts of PFAS to children and fetal development.
Green Cleaning for Childcare Providers
Join the Women for a Healthy Environment and the PRCCEH for an essential professional development session on Green Cleaning designed specifically for early childcare providers. This event provides 2 PQAS credits.
Green Cleaning for Childcare Providers
Join the Women for a Healthy Environment and the PRCCEH for an essential professional development session on Green Cleaning designed specifically for early childcare providers. This event provides 2 PQAS credits.
Glitter and children’s environmental health
For the love of children, please stop using glitter.
Meet Francky Maemble: A PRCCEH Summer Undergraduate Intern
Blog written by a Summer Undergraduate Intern who worked in the lab of PRCCEH Co-Director Rebecca Simmons, MD
Examining the role of diet in the study of Bisphenol A and child neurodevelopment: A pilot project
November seminar of the PRCCEH. Led by Kristen Lyall, Sc.D., Associate Professor, and Marisa Patti, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute at Drexel University. They will discuss the results of their PRCCEH pilot project.
Children’s Environmental Health Day Partner Info Session II
If you’re considering becoming a CEH Day Partner this October, join the Children’s Environmental Health Network for a brief informational session on CEH Day, Partner responsibilities and benefits, and how to get involved.
Children’s Environmental Health Day Partner Info Session I
If you’re considering becoming a Children’s Environmental Health Day Partner this October, join the Children’s Environmental Health Network for a brief informational session on CEH Day, Partner responsibilities and benefits, and how to get involved.
Protecting Children’s Developing Brains: Hazards of Plastics and Chemicals in Plastics
In this webinar, Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Dr. Carmen Marsit, and Maureen Swanson will discuss how children’s developing brains are harmed by the effects of plastics and toxic chemicals in plastics.
Presentations from the 2024 PRCCEH Annual Symposium
Presentations from the 2024 PRCCEH Symposium
Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology Symposium
This year’s symposium will bring together community members, researchers, healthcare professionals, and representatives from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to meet the challenges that we face in the Philadelphia metropolitan region
There is no such thing as PFAS-free synthetic turf
Aimin Chen, PhD, MD, is interviews for an article discussing the use of synthetic turf in the city’s future play fields, particularly in South Philly.
How can you reduce health effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals?
Nearly 300 researchers, clinicians, and community members gathered to share research, steps people can take to reduce exposure to EDCs.
New Horizons: Building Bridges to Shape the Environmental Health Future
Our theme this year is New Horizons: Building Bridges to Shape the Environmental Health Future, focusing on responding to the needs of the profession with new topics like heat waves in the U.S., data modernization, burn-out, and artificial intelligence for environmental health, along with our traditional topics such as food safety and water quality.
Child’s Play: Teaching Planet Protective Eating Patterns to Children
Join MACCHE on July 10 for a webinar: Child’s Play: Teaching Planet Protective Eating Patterns to Children with expert Meryl Fury, MS, RN, to learn how to educate and empower children about what they can do to help protect the planet.
Student campaign bans pesticides at Drexel
Drexel University’s groundskeepers will replace the synthetic chemicals campus-wide, with an organic turf program.
Fish Consumption during Pregnancy and Impacts on Child Health
Join the ECHO Program for a series of three flash talks centered around fish consumption during pregnancy and impacts on child health. Kristen Lyall, Emily Oken, and Margaret Karagas will […]
Measuring Microplastics – NYU Symposium
Across the two days we will hear from local, national, and international experts who will provide insight into the future of the field, as plastic production and consumption continues to rapidly grow worldwide.
Measuring Microplastics – NYU Symposium
Across the two days we will hear from local, national, and international experts who will provide insight into the future of the field, as plastic production and consumption continues to rapidly grow worldwide.
A look back at the 2024 Academy for Environmental Exposure Reduction
A look back at the 2024 Academy for Environmental Exposure Reduction by one of the student mentors, Colin Battis.