On June 22, US President Barack Obama signed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which reformed the 40-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It passed the US House of Representatives by a 403 to 12 vote and the US Senate by a voice vote, indicating...
Cutting-edge environmental health research depends on scientific collaboration. To identify toxicants in the environment, learn how they affect people’s health, and develop ways to prevent or treat environmentally induced diseases, researchers from complementary disciplines must approach the...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) established the Children’s Health Exposure Analysis Resource (CHEAR) to advance our understanding of how the environment impacts children’s health and development. CHEAR will provide National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is hosting a virtual forum on near roadway pollution and health on Friday, July 10. The event will be webcast live from 2:00 pm–3pm and will feature a panel of air pollution experts who will take questions. Exposure to air...
This session has been a unique feature of SOT over the years. In the past years, there have been many directors on the spot, but this year, the organizers limited the forum to one: Dr. Linda Birnbaum, director of NIEHS. Channeling James Lipton, Dr. Norbert Kaminski set up the North Ballroom with...
I am pleased to report that, today, I joined NIEHS Director and SOT Past President Linda Birnbaum to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between SOT and NIEHS. SOT has had a strong relationship with NIEHS for many years, as the institute’s mission “to discover how the environment affects...
The National Research Council's Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions is holding a meeting and webcast on "Integrating Environmental Health Data to Advance Discovery," January 10–11, 2013, Keck Center, Washington, DC. The stated objective of this...
SOT and a number of scientific societies and nongovernmental organizations will be submitting a letter in early April urging leaders of both House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees to provide an appropriation of $32 billion for the National Institutes of Health and $717.7 million for the...
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