Background: Environmental health risks are disproportionately colocated with communities
in poverty and communities of color. In some cases, participatory research projects have …

A key element of risk assessment is accounting for the full range of variability in response to
environmental exposures. Default dose-response methods typically assume a 10-fold …

The importance of the social environment and social inequalities in disease etiology is well-
known due to the profound research and conceptual framework on social determinants of …

Background: The combined effects of multiple environmental toxicants and social stressor
exposures are widely recognized as important public health problems contributing to health …

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently conducting separate Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk evaluations for seven phthalates: dibutyl phthalate …

Multiple external stressors are known to have adverse impacts on health and development.
Certain groups are more vulnerable and/or more likely to be exposed to environmental …

Background There is a growing literature from both epidemiologic and experimental animal
studies suggesting that exposure to air pollution can lead to neurodevelopmental and …

Background The combined effects of multiple environmental toxicants and social stressor
exposures are widely recognized as important public health problems, likely contributing to …

Although evidence of heritability for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is strong, studies of twin
pairs suggest that at least some portion of the etiology is attributable to environmental …

Hundreds of anthropogenic chemicals occupy our bodies, a situation that threatens the
health of present and future generations. This chapter focuses on endocrine disrupting …