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EPA unveils hormone-pollutant strategy

A 573-page blueprint advises the Environmental Protection Agency on how it should decide which of the roughly 87,000 commercial chemicals to test for hormonal activity.

 

References:

1998. Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) Final Report: Volume I. Oct. 5. Available at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/opptendo.

1998. Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) Final Report: Volume II-Technical Appendices and Public Comments (Appendix F through U). Oct. 5. Available at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/opptendo.

 

Further Readings:

Raloff, J. 1997. Plant estrogens may ward off breast cancer. Science News 152(Oct. 11):230.

______. 1996. New laws rewrite rules on pesticides. Science News 150(Sept. 7):159.

______. 1996. . . . and safeguarding drinking water. Science News 150(Sept. 7):159.

Wu, C. 1998. Huge testing planned for hormone mimics. Science News 154(Sept. 5):148.

Sources:

Denise Kearns
Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, S.W.
Mailstop Code A107
Washington, DC 20460

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 16, October 17, 1998, p. 251.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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