Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Women’s Reproductive Health

In this talk, Dr. James-Todd will present epidemiologic studies evaluating the evidence of environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals on women’s reproductive health outcomes. She will provide an environmental justice framework to the epidemiologic evidence, highlighting the critical role of exposure assessment and understanding of health disparities across a number of environmental exposures and adverse reproductive health outcomes. Examples will include personal care products, phthalates, gestational diabetes, and acculturation measures. In addition, she will pose the importance of asking solution-oriented research questions for reduction of environmental health disparities and the improvement of health equity.