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Hope everyone has a happy, safe July 4. This week, SOT members provided insight to The New York Times and had their research touted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).

SOT Member Research
“Young children are particularly vulnerable to the toxic effects of lead because lead can affect children's developing nerves and brains," Jianghong Liu tells NIEHS. A new JAMA Pediatrics paper by Dr. Liu and colleagues links lead levels in children’s blood with emotional and behavioral problems, such as anxiety, depression, and aggression.

SOT Members in the News
In a New York Times piece, Arnold Schecter and other scientists discuss their efforts to locate the sources of exposure to flame retardants in efforts to better determine their health and environmental consequences.

The NBC station in Washington, DC, interviewed John Balbus about the potential health impacts of high temperatures and climate change.

Science News

• CSR Establishes New Systemic Injury from Environmental Exposure Study Section (NIH Center for Scientific Review)
• FDA Warns of Life-Threatening Reactions with Acne Products (NPR)
• Doctors lack tools to discuss toxic exposures with pregnant patients: survey (Reuters)
• EPA Takes Important Step in Assessing Chemical Risk (EPA Connect)
• FDA Issues Draft Guidance on the Use of Nanotechnology in Food for Animals (US Food and Drug Administration)
• US warns against lidocaine as painkiller for teething babies (Reuters)
• Measurement Methods to Detect, Characterize, and Quantify Engineered Nanomaterials in Foods (Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety)
• NIST Names Members to First Forensic Science Standards Board (US National Institute of Standards and Technology)
• ToxProfile Infographic (US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
• A Comprehensive Scientific Review of “Chemical-Free” Products (Popular Science)
• Research Wranglers: Initiatives to Improve Reproducibility of Study Findings (Environmental Health Perspectives)
• GM maize splits Mexico (Nature)
• Study finds vaccine side effects extremely rare (USA Today)
• Questions and answers on benzalkonium chloride in the context of the revision of the guideline on excipients in the label and package leaflet of medicinal products for human use (European Medicines Agency)

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