In 2008, Congress banned the use in childrens toys and child care articles of several chemicals known to disrupt normal development and reproduction of mice and rats. The legislation was a response to accumulating scientific evidence supporting the hypothesis that exposure to certain chemicals in consumer products and the environment might be adversely affecting human reproduction, growth, development or metabolism by interfering with endocrine systems. This book summarises the science underlying the environmental endocrine-disruptor hypothesis and describes congressional actions and related programs and policy issues at the EPA.
Preface; Environmental Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors:: What Are the Human Health Risks?; Testimony of Linda Birnbaum, PhD., D.A.B.T., A.T.S., Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, before the Subcommittee on Energy & the Environment, Hearing on Biologys Clock Interrupted:: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Drinking Water; Testimony of Gina M Solomon, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council, before the Subcommittee on Energy & the Environment, Hearing on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Drinking Water:: Risks to Human Health & the Environment; Testimony of James J Jones, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides & Toxic Substances, before the Subcommittee on Energy & the Environment, Hearing on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Drinking Water:: Risks to Human Health & the Environment; Testimony of Christopher J Borgert, Ph.D., before the Subcommittee on Energy & the Environment, Hearing on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Drinking Water:: Risks to Human Health & the Environment; Index.
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