Environmental Factor Newsletter, August 2017

Remembering children’s health champion Herbert Needleman

Herbert Needleman, M.D., who spent his entire career studying the effects of lead in children, died in Pittsburgh at age 89.

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NTP counselors pleased with mixtures progress

At its June 29 meeting, the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors enthusiastically supported the NTP progress in mixtures research.

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Panel supports six disinfection byproducts as potential carcinogens

A panel convened by the National Toxicology Program recommended listing six compounds as carcinogens in the Report on Carcinogens.

New technologies highlighted at toxicology meetings

At OpenTox USA and BioMed21, National Toxicology Program staff discussed the importance of data sharing in new approaches to toxicology.

Creative webpage redesign sparks interest among NIEHS fellows

The NIEHS Office of Fellows' Career Development redesigned its webpages to help trainees successfully transition to independent careers.

Experts concur with three draft NTP reports

An NTP scientific panel reviewed and accepted draft technical reports on the carcinogenicity and toxicity of three substances.

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Calendar

Aug
08

Superfund Research Program Wetterhahn Lecture – "Prenatal arsenic exposure and sexual epigenetic dimorphism," presented by Elizabeth Martin, Ph.D., from the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon
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Aug
17

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents Spero Manson, Ph.D., from the University of Colorado Denver, discussing "Place, Culture, and Health: Risk and Proteciton in Native Americans"
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Location: Keystone 1003AB
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Aug
20-24

10th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences – The 3Rs in Action
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Location: Seattle, Washington

Aug
24

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Webinar series presents "Community-Based Air Monitoring"
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Location: Webinar
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Paul English, Ph.D., and Michelle Wong from the California Department of Public Health; Edmund Seto, Ph.D., from the University of Washington; and Luis Olmedo, from Comite Civico del Valle
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Aug
24-25

4th International Symposium on Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Laboratory Animal Studies
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
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