Environmental Factor Newsletter, October 2017

Dispersants associated with health symptoms in cleanup workers

NIEHS study reports worker exposure to dispersants after the Deepwater Horizon spill is linked to cough, skin irritation, and other symptoms.

Prenatal fluoride exposure linked to lower intelligence in children

Researchers reported associations between higher fluoride levels in pregnant women and lower measures of intelligence in their children.

Extramural papers of the month /2017/10/papers/dert/index.htm

Intramural papers of the month /2017/10/papers/dir/index.htm

Calendar

Oct
05

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Webinar: Ethics and Citizen Science
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Location: Webinar
Time: 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Kelly Edwards, Ph.D., from the University of Washington; and Lisa Rasmussen, Ph.D., from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Registration is required.

Oct
10

Hans L. Falk Memorial Lecture on “The New Metabolic Biology of the Endoplasmic Reticulum.”
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m.–noon
Speaker(s): Gokhan Hotamisligil, M.D., Ph.D., from Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Oct
18

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “Applied Research and Industry Sector Gap-Analysis to Inform Worker Training Program on Highly Infectious Diseases”
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Location: Keystone Room 1003AB
Time: 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Shawn Gibbs, Ph.D., from the Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health

Oct
23-25

Peer Review of Draft National Toxicology Program Approach to Genomic Dose-Response Modeling
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Register to attend in person or via webcast

Oct
30

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Webinar: Healthy Schools, Healthy Daycares
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Location: Webinar
Time: 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
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NIEHS Grants EHP

EHP announces new impact factor of 9.776!