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March 11, 2014

Project on the European exposome

New European Human Early-Life Exposome (HELIX) project to investigate prenatal environmental exposures and biomarkers of disease and child health outcomes

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March 10, 2014

Phthalates linked to reduced couple fecundity

New study investigates association between BPA, phthalates and time to achieve pregnancy, men’s phthalate exposure linked to delayed conception

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February 24, 2014

Opinion: food contact materials are safe

American Chemistry Council responds to Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health commentary, calls it ‘inflammatory commentary’

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November 20, 2013

Slovenian study finds BPA to affect sperm quality

New study finds BPA to affect sperm quality in couples seeking in vitro fertilization; findings not statistically significant

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November 20, 2013

Study ignores other risk factors for preterm births

ACC responds to study linking phthalate exposure to preterm births, criticizes exclusion of other risk factors and limited sample size

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November 19, 2013

Phthalates linked to preterm births

New study finds significant association between phthalate exposure and premature births, France Agence-Presse recommends pregnant women to avoid phthalate exposure

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November 13, 2013

FCM substances ubiquitous in pubertal girls

Agence France-Presse reports on investigation of environmental causes of breast cancer; phthalates, BPA and pesticides found in all girls participating in study

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October 25, 2013

ACC: No causal link between BPA and miscarriage

ACC publishes press release in response to study linking BPA to miscarriage, argues that study cannot establish causal link

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May 8, 2013

New study investigates link between kidney function and PFOA

Perfluorinated compound may influence kidney function, could kidney function also influence perfluorinated compound exposure?

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May 6, 2013

Children’s BPA levels higher in summer, among African Americans and at lower age

First study to investigate BPA levels in US minorities and link with phthalate-exposure

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