{"id":4576,"date":"2019-09-11T08:58:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T20:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/?p=4576"},"modified":"2019-09-11T08:58:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T20:58:56","slug":"perc-visiting-scholar-dr-pete-myers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/perc-visiting-scholar-dr-pete-myers\/","title":{"rendered":"PERC Visiting Scholar: Dr Pete Myers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"264\" height=\"279\" data-attachment-id=\"4577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/perc-visiting-scholar-dr-pete-myers\/petemyers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/petemyers.png?fit=264%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"264,279\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"petemyers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/petemyers.png?fit=264%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/petemyers.png?resize=264%2C279\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/petemyers.png?w=264&amp;ssl=1 264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/petemyers.png?resize=100%2C106&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PERC\nis delighted to host Dr Pete Myers (<a href=\"http:\/\/sciencecommunicationnetwork.org\/pete-myers\/\">Science Communication\nNetwork)<\/a> at Massey University in November this year. Pete is a leading\nauthority in human health and environmental toxins, and coined the term\n\u2018endocrine disrupting chemicals\u2019 (EDCs).&nbsp; EDCs are implicated in all\nplastics, household items, and many food contact materials.&nbsp; Pete co-authored \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Our-Stolen-Future-Threatening-Intelligence\/dp\/0452274141.\">Our\nStolen Future\u2019<\/a> and was recently awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehn.org\/pete_myers_honored_by_sierra_club_for_distinguished_service-2497128253.html\">Sierra\nClub\u2019s award for distinguished service<\/a>.&nbsp;\nPERC looks forward to learning more from Pete and connecting his work\nwith current and proposed solid and hazardous waste, and food safety policies\nin NZ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PERC is delighted to host Dr Pete Myers (Science Communication Network) at Massey University in November this year. Pete is a leading authority in human health and environmental toxins, and coined the term \u2018endocrine disrupting chemicals\u2019 (EDCs).&nbsp; EDCs are implicated in all plastics, household items, and many food contact materials.&nbsp; Pete co-authored \u2018Our Stolen Future\u2019 and was recently awarded the &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/perc-visiting-scholar-dr-pete-myers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-post-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcQ2HH-1bO","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4579,"href":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4576\/revisions\/4579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}