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Effects of Prenatal Exposures to EDCs on Childhood Development

By the Collaborative on Health and the Environment

Dr. Frederica Perera on the Effects of Prenatal Exposures to EDCs on Childhood Development.

The call featured Dr. Frederica Perera who reviewed data from a longitudinal cohort study following mothers and children from pregnancy into adolescence. In this study, prenatal exposure to the combustion related air pollutants, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes as well as other disease endpoints. Prevention strategies were also discussed.

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Additional resources of interest:
    • Effect of prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on neurodevelopment in the first 3 years of life among inner-city children  PDF.
    • Prenatal airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and child IQ at age 5 years PDF.
    • Prenatal Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Exposure and Child Behavior at age 6-7 PDF.
    • Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution, Maternal Psychological Distress, and Child Behavior PDF.
    • Prenatal Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Benzo[a]Pyrene-DNA Adducts and Genomic DNA Methylation in Cord Blood PDF.
    • Children’s environmental health: a critical challenge of our time PDF. PDF.

Endocrine Disruption of the Neuro-immune Interface

By the Collaborative on Health and the Environment

Dr. Jamie DeWitt describes scenarios where endocrine disrupting chemicals can alter brain development by changing signals to the immune cells that can mediate development of sex specificity in the brain.

Building on the January 8, 2014 teleconference featuring Dr. Rodney Dietert  on how the developing immune system is a target for endocrine disrupting chemicals, Dr. Jamie DeWitt discussed how certain cells of the immune system may mediate endocrine signals to direct aspects of brain development. She also described scenarios where endocrine disrupting chemicals can alter brain development by changing signals to the immune cells that can mediate development of sex specificity in the brain.

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Additional resources of interest:
  • Suppression of Humoral Immunity by Perfluorooctanoic Acid is Independent of Elevated Serum Corticosterone Concentration in Mice – PDF
  • Current Status of Developmental Immunotoxicity: Early-Life Patterns and Testing – PDF
  • Breaking Patterns of Environmentally Influenced Disease for Health Risk Reduction: Immune Perspectives – PDF
  • Bisphenol A: Developmental Toxicity from Early Prenatal Exposure – PDF

Endocrine Disruption and Immune Dysfunction

By the Collaborative on Health and the Environment

Dr. Rodney Dietert discussed how the immune system is a target for endocrine disrupting chemicals, particularly during development.

On this first in a series of calls on endocrine disrupting chemicals, Dr. Rodney Dietert discussed how the immune system is a target for endocrine disrupting chemicals, particularly during development. Numerous relatively ‘hidden’ effects can ensue from a single risk factor and emerge over a lifetime. He also discussed how current safety testing fails to appropriately assess misregulated inflammation as the greatest immune based health risk.

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Maternal BPA programs Offspring Metabolic Syndrome

By the Collaborative on Health and the Environment

Prenatal exposure to EDCs, specifically the plastic component BPA, can increase the relative risk of adult obesity and metabolic syndrome.

On this call Drs. Ross and Desai presented evidence that prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), specifically the plastic component bisphenol A, can increase the relative risk of adult obesity and metabolic syndrome.
They also discussed the significance of these findings for neonatal and childhood care, and the need for strategies for the prevention and therapy of obesity to address programming effects of the early life environment.

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World Cancer Day 2014 PPT Presentation

Reduce stigma and dispel myths about cancer, under the tagline “Debunk the myths”

World Cancer Day 2014

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Debunk the myths

World Cancer Day 2014 (4 February 2014) focuses on Target 5 of the World Cancer Declaration: Reduce stigma and dispel myths about cancer, under the tagline “Debunk the myths”.

  • Myth 1: We don’t need to talk about cancer PDF
  • Myth 2: There are no signs or symptoms of cancer PDF
  • Myth 3: There is nothing I can do about cancer PDF
  • Myth 4: I don’t have the right to cancer care PDF

WorldCancerDay 2014

Oeuvrons ensemble pour la santé du Sein: l’association Seins et Vie

Première cause de décès par cancer pour la femme en France, le cancer du sein est un enjeux majeur de santé publique – 50 000 nouveaux cas par an en France – Chiffres en augmentation dans les pays en développement – 1 femme sur 10 concernée

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The Yellow Card Scheme: reporting Medicine Side Effects

Member Of Public YellowCard Information Presentation

YellowCard Information Presentation

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Read Report Online suspected Side Effects to Medicine Drugs with @MHRApress UK Yellow Card Scheme #MHRA

An Introduction to the Health Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

The chemical cocktail that enters our body from food, drink and pollution

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Watch the video: Endocrine Disruptors: Sexy Stuff
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