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  • September 2025

  • Wed 17
    Assortment of personal care produce bottles.

    The Health Effects of Chemicals used in Food Packaging

    September 17, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Online

    This webinar will also discuss opportunities for nursing action at the federal level and, if applicable, the state level.

  • Tue 30
    Wildfire outside Seattle - Canva photo

    Urban Wildfires in Los Angeles: Health and Environmental Impacts and Community-Led Solutions

    September 30, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    Online

    This webinar will ground the issue of urban wildfires in LA within the broader fight for environmental justice, public health, and  resilience.

  • October 2025

  • Wed 1
    Person filling bag with reusable personal care bottles.

    Plastics in Perspective: Promise, Pollution & Paths Forward

    October 1, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Online

    Join us for an engaging and solutions-focused session featuring three expert presenters from the fields of environmental policy and circular economy innovation. Each will deliver a concise presentation addressing a key phase of the plastics journey followed by a dynamic discussion among the speakers, exploring intersections, tensions, and opportunities for collaboration.

  • Thu 9
    Dr. Harriet Okatch

    Identifying and addressing lead exposure knowledge gaps

    Featured October 9, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Online

    Children's Environmental Health Day webinar on lead poisoning, misconceptions and hidden exposure, and communicating to the public about lead safety.

  • Thu 9
    CHARTER logo

    Roblox Children’s Environmental Health Day Event

    October 9, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Online

    Join CHARTER virtually in Roblox  for an exciting afternoon of interactive games focused on children’s environmental health.

  • Mon 13
    Wildfire outside Seattle - Canva photo

    Climate Week at Penn

    October 13, 2025 - October 17, 2025
    Online

    Now in its sixth year, Climate Week at Penn offers opportunities for every member of the Penn community to learn about and act on the climate crisis. The theme for 2025 is “Hot Spots,” be they literal (wildfires and extreme heat) or figurative (political, cultural, interpersonal, or scholarly hot topics).

  • Tue 14
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    Where I Live and Breathe: Reflections on How Home Environments Influence Health

    October 14, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Online

    Speaker Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), will provide insights related to identifying housing and household environmental factors that can influence health based on his more than 20 years of experience in conducting home-based studies in the greater Boston area.

  • Mon 20

    Oil and Gas Development and Pediatric Cancers: the Latest Evidence

    October 20, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Online

    Join PEHSU’s Childhood Cancer & the Environment Program to learn more about oil and gas development and pediatric cancers from Nicole Cardello Deziel, PhD, MHS.

  • Tue 21
    Walter Rogan, MD

    Plant estrogens and the mysterious mini-puberty of infancy

    Featured October 21, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Penn Medicine BRB II/III 421 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, United States

    October Seminar of the Philadelphia Regional Center for Children's Environmental Health

  • Wed 22
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    Management and Prevention of Childhood Lead Exposure

    October 22, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Online

    This webinar will provide an overview of lead exposure in children, including sources and impacts. The presentation will explain why universal screening for lead exposure is important, as well as the management of elevated blood lead levels.

  • Mon 27
    Pregnant woman meeting with doctor and nurse in office.

    Children’s Environmental Health Week Webinars for Nurses

    October 27, 2025 - October 31, 2025
    Online

    Five webinars on children's environmental health for nurses

  • November 2025

  • Wed 5
    Fire fighter using suppressant foam on a fire. The foam can contain endocrine disrupting chemicals.

    Chemical regulation in a shifting political landscape

    November 5, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Online

    In this webinar, Adriana Antezana and Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz of Earthjustice will explore scientific practices in safeguarding the public from toxic chemical exposures.

  • Tue 11
    Dr. Thomas Gluodenis

    Assessing Childhood Exposure to Toxic Metals During 3-D Printing

    Featured November 11, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Online

    Thomas Gluodenis, Associate Professor, Chemistry & Physics, at Lincoln University of PA, will give a talk on potential, hidden exposures to toxic chemicals that can be found in our communities. 

  • Wed 12
    Group of kids playing in a park.

    Plastics in the built environment: Considerations related to artificial turf

    November 12, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Online

    Many institutions and communities are engaged in decision-making about athletic fields and playground surfacing. Building professionals, planners, and designers often need to assess competing proposals for infrastructure. With increasing awareness of the need to reduce plastic use and pollution globally, it is important to consider the role of the built environment in contributing to the total burden of plastics. 

  • Wed 12
    Person filling bag with reusable personal care bottles.

    Beyond Plastics Webinar: Toxic Chemicals in Plastics

    November 12, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Online

    Learn which toxic chemicals are used in plastics that are commonly used to make children’s toys, dishes and kitchenware, clothing, food and beverage packaging, building materials, cosmetics, personal care products, and more.

  • Tue 18

    Indoor Air Quality and Children’s Health

    November 18, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Online

    An overview of the major types of air pollutants commonly found in indoor environments, and their primary sources. It will examine the factors affecting indoor air quality and explore effective control measures to reduce indoor air pollutant levels

  • Wed 19
    Noah Buncher

    Taking the Lead on Lead: Lessons from a Telemedicine-Based Clinic for the Prevention of Childhood Lead Poisoning

    Featured November 19, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am
    Online

    Noah Buncher, DO, Pediatrician at the CHOP South Philadelphia Clinic, will give a presentation on his work doing telemedicine clinic appointment with patients to prevent childhood lead poisoning. 

  • Thu 20
    Pregnant woman in kitchen, vadymvrobot, 123RF

    EDCs & Female Reproductive Health: A growing health concern

    November 20, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Online

    In this EDC Strategies Partnership webinar, Dr. Anne-Simone Parent, a researcher from the MERLON project, will present the findings from their recent review paper, "Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and female reproductive health: A growing concern."

  • Mon 24
    Woman standing To address group meeting in community center

    Beyond Silos: Why Community Engagement is Vital to Redefining Health, Environment, and Resilience

    November 24, 2025 @ 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
    Online

    Co-hosted by the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the seminar will feature Dr Nason Tan, NAM-HKU Fellow in Global Health Leadership for the 2023/24 cohort, project conducted as part of his global health leadership fellowship.

  • December 2025

  • Mon 8
    Doctor using stethoscope while mother holds child.

    Evaluating the Impacts of the Environment on Pediatric Cancer Risk and Survivorship

    December 8, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Online

    Join this webinar to learn more about evaluating the impacts of the environment on pediatric cancer risk and survivorship from Michael Scheurer, PhD, MPH, FACE.

  • January 2026

  • Tue 6
    Smoke stacks at factory emitting pollution.

    Health Risks from Air Pollution: Costs of Relaxing Standards

    January 6 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Online

    His work with other researchers on the health effects of ozone exposure has focussed on the cardiovascular effects of air pollution and on factors which modify the body’s response, with some evidence that diabetics patients are more susceptible.

  • Thu 15
    Researchers in lab

    5th Annual Margo Simon Golden Memorial Webinar: Environmental Justice and Women’s Health

    January 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
    Online

    Dr. James-Todd's work focuses on the importance of pregnancy as a sensitive window of consumer product and environmental chemical exposures.

  • Wed 21
    Personal Care Products, 123RF, agigulf

    Science Café: The Quest for Safer Products

    January 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Online

    Join us for a dynamic conversation about how policies and industry practices influence our daily exposures to toxic chemicals in consumer products.

  • Thu 22
    Doctors, researchers and community members meeting together.

    CHE Café: How states can lead on environmental health

    January 22 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Online

    This webinar will feature Susan Kaplan, author of the recently released book A Healthy Union: How States Can Lead on Environmental Health.

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