• Environmental Factor – September 2022: Children’s environmental health topic of NASEM, EPA workshop
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    Environmental Factor – September 2022: Children’s environmental health topic of NASEM, EPA workshop

    Early-life vulnerability to environmental exposures was explored during a four-day National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) workshop, held Aug 1-4. “Children’s Environmental Health: A Workshop on Future Priorities for Environmental Health Sciences,” sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), featured several NIEHS scientists and grantees who shared their expertise, offered advice, and discussed how environmental health sciences can help inform policy. New research methods for risk assessment, ongoing and emerging environmental risks to children, and environmental influences across the lifespan were just some of the topics explored by workshop attendees. “Throughout this workshop, we learned how science is moving forward actual protections while also balancing uncertainty with…

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