Environmental Factor Newsletter, February 2019

Farmer repairing equipment used to apply pesticides

High pesticide exposure linked to loss of smell

A study of farmers linked high pesticide exposure, such as during spills, to later losing the sense of smell. Quick clean up may lower risk.

Improving tests for developmental neurotoxicity

NTP-led collection of papers evaluated cell-based models, zebrafish, and other approaches for rapid screening of thousands of chemicals.

Epigenetic marks on DNA may signal asthma risk

The researchers hope the findings may help identify newborns at risk of asthma and shed light on how the disease begins and develops.

Calendar

Feb
01

Triangle Global Health Consortium Career Day
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
More information and registration

Feb
04

National Toxicology Program peer review of “Draft NTP Monograph on the Systematic Review of Evidence of Long-Term Neurological Effects Following Acute Exposure to the Organophosphorus Nerve Agent Sarin”
Event Details

Location: Webcast
Time: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Register to attend via webcast

Feb
09

Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology 2019 Conference
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Speaker(s): Paula Cohen, Ph.D., from Cornell University, and others.
Information and registration

Feb
12

NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Series presents “Epigenetic Plasticity as a Target for Environmental Exposures”
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Cheryl Lyn Walker, Ph.D., from Baylor College of Medicine

Feb
13

NIEHS Exposure Science and the Exposome Webinar Series presents “Think Globally, Breathe Locally: Sensing Air Pollution for a Planet of Cities”
Event Details

Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Joshua Apte, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
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Feb
14

NIEHS Diversity Speaker Series presents “Black Man in a White Coat”
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 10:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Damon Tweedy, M.D., from Duke University

Feb
15

NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health presents “Culturally Appropriate Communications in Environmental Health Sciences Research”
Event Details

Location: Webinar
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Sherry Baron, M.D., Queens College; Isabel Cuervo, Ph.D., Queens College; Javier Gallardo, Make the Road New York; Jada Brooks, Ph.D., University of North Carolina School of Nursing; Kim Pevia, K.A.P. Inner Prizes
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Feb
26

Keystone Science Seminar Series presents “Paternal Preconception Exposure and Children’s Health”
Event Details

Location: Keystone 1003AB
Time: 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Speaker(s): Russ Hauser, M.D., Sc.D., from Harvard University

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