Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment

The new president says he wants to "get toxins out of the environment" and "keep our children healthy," but many of his administration's actions are doing the opposite. We bring the receipts. prheucsf.blog/2025/03/10/10-…

Dr. Amy Padula spoke at CVAQ's Annual Clean Air Action Day in Sacramento last week. Don't miss her impactful speech on the PRHE blog. prheucsf.blog/2026/03/16/ral…

"When we look more comprehensively, we see that babies are exposed to far more #PFAS chemicals before birth than we previously realized..." sciencealert.com/babies-are-exp…

You've heard of the pesticides chlorpyrifos and malathion, but have you heard of naled? @UCSF @robinsonlabucsf postdoc @lin_li_ll explains how naled might affect placental health in our latest blog post. ⬇️ prheucsf.blog/2026/03/05/com…

Your Friday reminder that there are easy ways to reduce your PFAS exposure, including something you may already be doing: washing your hands before eating. huffpost.com/entry/forever-…

A resident of the Golden Triangle of Texas on ethylene oxide exposure: “You live here, you’re gonna get cancer.” hntrbrk.com/indorama/

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Amy Padula as PRHE’s new interim director! Discover more about her background and vision for PRHE's future in our newest blog post. prheucsf.blog/2026/02/12/ann…

"Black women already have the highest death rates due to asthma, a condition caused and exacerbated by air pollution. ... Black children are also 8x more likely to die from an asthma attack than White children." 19thnews.org/2026/02/epa-ai…

The chemical lobby is trying to weaken America's main chemical safety law. If they succeed, people will be exposed to a lot more toxic chemicals and chronic disease. sharylattkisson.com/2026/02/indust…

“These are chemical weapons that are harmful to the human body and harmful to particularly vulnerable folks, like children,” says Asha Hassan, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota sciencenews.org/article/tear-g…

Want to learn how "how industry actors manipulate science, lobby policymakers, and undermine democratic decision-making to maintain profits at the expense of human and environmental health"? Check out CIEL's new report. ciel.org/reports/scienc…

Firefighters are some of the most highly exposed to #PFAS chemicals. Now they are also on the frontlines of science to uncover what those toxic chemicals are doing to our health. npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-…

"[The Trump administration's] response—unsurprisingly—is to cook the books so that the benefits of reducing fine particulate matter and ozone emissions magically disappear." progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/trump…

"The math has consistently shown that protecting human health is one of the best investments a society can make. For every dollar spent reducing [air] pollution, we get back as much as $77 in health benefits." statnews.com/2026/02/02/epa…

"The opening of the clinic comes months after the Health Dept blasted the Navy for failing to report findings of airborne plutonium at the shipyard at twice the recommended “action level"... missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-bay…

"People with the highest concentrations of PFOS and PCBs had approximately twice as high odds of being diagnosed with MS, compared with those with the lowest concentrations." sciencealert.com/forever-chemic…

“If we fail to factor in the health and societal costs ... costs of keeping pollution to a minimum will be seen as burdensome ... and we will reverse decades of environmental and public health progress." nonprofitquarterly.org/the-polluters-…

"The most effective way to reduce plastic-related health damage, the authors said, is to produce less new plastic." dw.com/en/plastic-emi…

“It appears the EPA is putting more importance upon the cost to industry than the cost to the public. I’m worried this will mean more air pollution will be emitted as a result.” theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

"The question is no longer whether action is possible, but how much longer we can afford the consequences of delay." reuters.com/sustainability…

BIG NEWS from PRHE. We wish Dr. Tracey Woodruff all the best in her new venture and congratulate Dr. Amy Padula on taking the reins at PRHE. prheucsf.blog/2026/01/27/lea…