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Tamarra James-Todd receives Alice Hamilton Award | News
Francine Laden awarded Marianne Wessling-Resnick Memorial Mentoring Award at same ceremony November 22, 2022 – Women’s reproductive health is harmed by endocrine-disrupting chemicals known as plasticizers that are used in consumer products ranging from cosmetics to food packaging to plastics. Not only that, but there are differences in exposure patterns that relate to race and ethnicity; for example, studies have shown that Black Americans and Mexican Americans have higher concentrations of these toxic chemicals in their bodies. This pioneering research is typical of the work done in the Environmental Reproductive Justice Lab led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Tamarra James-Todd. She documents the impacts of harmful chemical…