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NIEHS-funded papers inform efforts to reduce mercury pollution

Four new papers describe the latest science on mercury in the environment and inform activities under a global treaty on mercury.

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Chlorine levels help detect risk for disease outbreak

Scientists studying the Flint water crisis reported a link between the risk for Legionnaires’ disease and decreased levels of chlorine.

Extramural papers of the month /2018/3/papers/dert/index.htm

Intramural papers of the month /2018/3/papers/dir/index.htm

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Mar
02

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health webinar — “Bridging the Cultural Divide, The Role of Community Health Representatives and Workers in Environmental Public Health”
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Location: Webinar
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Maureen Lichtveld, M.D., from Tulane University; Huyen Tran, from Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training; Paloma Beamer, Ph.D., from the University of Arizona; Mae-Gilene Begay, from the Navajo Division of Health
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Mar
08

American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology webinar on “Microphysiological Systems: Innovative Tools for Drug Development and Disease Modeling”
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Location: Webinar
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Lucie Low, Ph.D., from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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Mar
09

Duke University Program in Environmental Health and Toxicology Spring Symposium — Breast Cancer and the Environment
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Location: Duke University Environment Hall, Field Auditorium
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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Mar
11-15

Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting and ToxExpo
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Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Mar
13

“Superstorms and Superfund Sites: Preventing Toxic Exposures From Climate Change Disasters,” sponsored by the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, and the Boston University Superfund Research Program
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Location: Webinar
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Anna Goodman Hoover, Ph.D., from the University of Kentucky, and Tiffany Skogstrom from the Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance
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Mar
20

NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Seminar Series presents “Stem Cells in Silence, Action, and Cancer”
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m. – Noon
Speaker(s): Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., from The Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Mar
21

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “Genomic Imprinting and Endocrine Disruptors: Role of Epigenetic Regulation on Maternal-Fetal Health”
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Location: Keystone 1003AB
Time: 11:00 a.m. – Noon
Speaker(s): Martha Susiarjo, Ph.D., from the University of Rochester

Mar
26-28

National Toxicology Program Peer Review of the Draft Technical Reports on Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
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