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Children’s Health Defense (audio option): Melissa Perry quoted on challenges evaluating long-term health effects of chemical exposure on children

October 8, 2025

‘Shocking’: Heavy metals, nearly 50 pesticides detected in school lunches
Food Engineering: Melissa Perry quoted about glyphosate exposure as probable human carcinogen

August 18, 2025

Glyphosate: Just how dangerous? The debate continues
Medical Xpress (College of Public Health pickup): Novel research on PFAS exposure and gynecological health by PhD student Joanna Marroquin, Jenna Krall, and Anna Pollack highlighted

August 13, 2025

Unavoidable forever chemicals may be associated with severe endometriosis
Philadelphia Inquirer (audio option): Testing reveals alarming levels of forever chemicals in Pennsylvanians living near the military bases. Michael Bloom quoted.

July 29, 2025

People who lived near Bucks, Montco military bases had higher level of toxic compounds in blood than U.S. average.
Chemistry World: Anna Pollack quoted about chemicals in menstrual products, highlighting the need for additional research

May 20, 2025

How safe and sustainable are period products?
Unavoidable forever chemicals may be associated with severe endometriosis

July 28, 2025

PhD student and public health faculty are first to study PFAS in endometrial tissue.
The Guardian (UK): Melissa J. Perry quoted and her team’s research cited in a story about how chemical exposures impair sperm health

December 19, 2023

Plastics, pesticides and pills: how chemical exposures affect sperm health

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