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OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR INCLUDE: SAFER CHEMICALS, SAFER PRODUCTS-- WE ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY CHEMICALS THAT INCREASE BREAST CANCER RISK AND CREATE A ROADMAP FOR REDUCING EXPOSURES TO CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICALS IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS. IN JANUARY 2024, WE PUBLISHED A LIST OF OVER 900 CHEMICALS THAT ARE LIKELY TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BREAST CANCER. NINETY PERCENT OF THESE CHEMICALS ARE FOUND IN PRODUCTS WE USE EVERY DAY. OUR LIST, PUBLISHED IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES, WAS ACCOMPANIED BY AN INVITED COMMENTARY BY RESEARCHERS AT THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES ON THE STUDY'S SIGNIFICANCE. THE LIST HAS RECEIVED TREMENDOUS PRESS COVERAGE, INCLUDING FEATURES IN THE WASHINGTON POST, NEWSWEEK, AND NPR. THIS PAPER HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED NEARLY 30,000 TIMES AND IS IN THE TOP 5% OF ALL RESEARCH OUTPUTS SCORED BY ALTMETRIC, WHICH MEASURES IMPACT BASED ON METRICS INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA MENTIONS AND NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE. BASED ON THIS WORK, WE PROVIDED EVIDENCE TO AUTHORITATIVE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PRIORITIZE EXPOSURE REDUCTION FOR THESE POTENTIAL BREAST CARCINOGENS. WE ALSO CONCLUDED THE FIRST PHASE OF OUR POWER STUDY, A COLLABORATION WITH THE RESILIENT SISTERHOOD PROJECT. IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS STUDY, WE RECRUITED SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS TO POST EDUCATIONAL CONTENT FOR BLACK WOMEN ABOUT HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN BEAUTY PRODUCTS. CONTENT SHARED DURING OUR OCTOBER 2023 CAMPAIGN WAS VIEWED BY MORE THAN 100,000 ACCOUNTS. THE SECOND PHASE OF THE STUDY WILL EXPAND OUR SCOPE TO INCLUDE NEW INFLUENCERS AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS. IN DECEMBER 2023, WE PUBLISHED AN ANALYSIS IN FRONTIERS IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF HOW SOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCE PEOPLE'S CHEMICAL EXPOSURES THROUGH MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS. RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT TO ACT-- SILENT SPRING DEVELOPS DIGITAL TOOLS THAT EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO LEARN ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS, SHARE INFORMATION, AND TAKE ACTION INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY TO REDUCE EXPOSURE. THIS YEAR: -SILENT SPRING'S DETOX ME APP APPROACHED 400,000 DOWNLOADS, PROVIDING SCIENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING EXPOSURES TO HARMFUL CHEMICALS. THIS FREE APP TRANSLATES DECADES OF RESEARCH INTO PERSONALIZED GUIDANCE FOR HEALTHIER LIVING. -OUR "PFAS EXCHANGE" WEBSITE, WHICH SERVES AS A VITAL HUB FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PFAS-IMPACTED COMMUNITIES, RECEIVED UP TO 7,700 MONTHLY VISITORS, WITH VISITORS FROM 94 COUNTRIES, AND WAS FEATURED IN THE WASHINGTON POST. -IN COLLABORATION WITH CLINICAL PROVIDERS, WE DEVELOPED A HANDOUT CARD ON BREAST CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO PATIENTS AT MULTIPLE HOSPITALS. -IN A COMMENTARY IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES, WE DESCRIBED THE OBSTACLES THAT RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONS FACE IN REPORTING BACK PERSONAL EXPOSURE RESULTS TO STUDY PARTICIPANTS, AND WE OUTLINED SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OVERCOMING THOSE CHALLENGES, INCLUDING TRAINING AND RESOURCES SUCH AS SILENT SPRING'S INNOVATIVE DERBI WEB PLATFORM, WHICH MAKES IT PRACTICAL FOR RESEARCHERS TO PERSONALIZE REPORTS IN STUDIES OF ANY SIZE. 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