Fact Sheets
Webinar Highlights Fact Sheets
These fact sheets summarize CHE and CHE-partner webinars.
2024 webinar highlights
Chemicals in Plastics: Human Health Costs
Endocrine Disruptors and Hormone Levels During Pregnancy
Health Hazards of Wireless Technologies
Male Autism Spectrum Disorder & Prenatal BPA Exposure
Mapping Environmental Injustice: Disparities in Chemical Exposures and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
Obesogens: A Unifying Theory for the Global Rise in Obesity
The Realities of Chemical Recycling and Plastics
Tattoo Inks and Cancer: Gaps in Research and Regulation
2023 webinar highlights
Chemicals and Pregnancy Complications: Findings from Nontargeted Analysis
Hormonal Activity of Chemicals Detected with Silicone Wristbands
Kids and Chemicals: PFAS Exposure and the Metabolism
Long-term Health Effects of Childhood Glyphosate Exposure
PFAS and Testicular Cancer: A Study of U.S. Air Force Servicemen
PFAS, Phenols, and Parabens: Links to Hormone-Mediated Cancers
Reducing Breast Cancer Risk by Eliminating Parabens and Phthalates
2022 webinar highlights
Do chemicals in plastic consumer products contribute to obesity?
FDA's Missed Opportunities to Tackle Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Food
Microplastic Pollution and Phthalates in Seabirds
Organic Contaminants in Tire Crumb Rubber
Outside the Safe Operating Space of a PFAS Planetary Boundary
Phthalates and Plasticizers in Fast Food
Pollution and the Planet: Perspectives on being outside the ‘Safe Operating Space’
Protecting Brain Development in Children: Phthalates in Food & the Critical Need for Policy Reform
Reversing the Plastics Crisis Through a Human Rights Approach
Other Fact Sheets
Many of these were originally created by the Institute for Children's Environmental Health, which merged with CHE in 2009.
CHE Overview, 2016
Children's Environmental Health Basics, 2005
Children's Environmental Health Fact Sheet, 2005
Climate Change and Children's Health: What We Know, 2009
Learning Disabilities, Behavioral/Emotional Disorders, and Other Brain Disorders: What We Know, 2003
Mental Health and Environmental Exposures, 2008
Parkinson's Disease and the Environment Factsheet, 2007
Top 10 Things You Can Do to "Practice Prevention", 2005
Thyroid Fact Sheet, 2005
Guides
Healthy Aging and the Environment: A Pocket Guide, 2008
FAQ
Research to Real Life: How Scientific Research Affects You, 2021
Practice Prevention Columns
Arsenic, 2007
Baby Care Products, 2007
Children's Environmental Health, 2007
Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), 2011
Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), 2011
Lead, 2007
Lindane, 2007
Mercury, 2008
Mold and Indoor Dampness, 2011
Obesogens, 2011
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, 2011
PBDEs (Flame Retardants), 2006
PCBs, 2006
Perchlorate, 2007
Pesticides, 2010
Plastics, 2007
Thyroid, 2005
En Español: La Práctica de la Prevención
Las 10 acciones más importantes que puede hacer para "practicar la prevención" (Top 10 Things You Can Do To "Practice Prevention")
La salud medioambiental de los niños (Children's Environmental Health)
El mercurio (Mercury)
Los plaguicidas (Pesticides)
El plomo (Lead)
La tiroides (Thyroid)
La hormona tiroidea hoja de hechos (Thyroid Hormone Fact Sheet)
El perclorato (Perchlorate)
Productos de cuidado del bebé (Baby Care Products)
El lindano (Lindane)
El moho (Mold and Dampness)
HAPs (PAHs)
