To raise awareness of the impacts of PFAS on human health, HEAL is organising a series of three webinars in October 2024, each focusing on a different health impact of PFAS. The first webinar on 10 October focuses on impacts on the immune system. The subsequent webinars will focus on cancer and the impacts of exposure in early life and pregnancy.
A picture says a thousand words. That’s why the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) partnered with TEDX – The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, Science Communication Network, and a team of advisors in the US and Europe, to reduce complex scientific concepts surrounding endocrine disruptors into simple, accurate, and compelling illustrations.
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), also known as hormone disruptors, are chemicals that interfere with the natural hormones in our bodies. We are all exposed to EDCs in our daily lives, for example in some food packaging, pesticides, cleaning products, and cosmetics.
Over 1,400 chemicals have been listed as potential endocrine disruptors. Decades of peer-reviewed research has shown significant associations between EDCs – even in low doses – and adverse health effects such as cancers, fertility problems, obesity and some learning disabilities. EDCs can have severe negative effects on the hormone system of even unborn babies.
Whether you’re an advocate talking to a policy maker, a professor teaching endocrine disruption, or a person concerned about your friends and family, our new infographics are designed to help you.
Low Doses Matter, our first in a series of three, depicts the connection between exposure to low concentrations of common EDCs, and chronic health problems that plague the modern world.
Use this infographic — available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Serbian and Dutch — to convince others of the urgent need to eliminate exposure to harmful EDCs.
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