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June 30, 2014

Doctors do not address environmental exposures

Boston Globe reports on new survey, finds doctors do not routinely question pregnant patients about environmental exposures
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June 26, 2014

Risk assessment of EDCs: Exposure route questioned

Researchers publish review discussing oral dosing via gavage for risk assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals; criticize human risk assessment requirements for relevant exposure route
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June 26, 2014

Opinion: Exposure to EDCs is trivial

Forbes reports on the link between obesity and endocrine disrupting compounds
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June 19, 2014

EU roadmap for EDCs

European Commission publishes roadmap draft, details options for regulation of endocrine disrupting chemicals used in biocidal and plant protection products
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June 19, 2014

Reducing exposure to EDCs could pay off

European environmental group tackles difficult task, estimates up to €31 billion health savings in EU from reducing exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals
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June 17, 2014

Workshop on computational toxicology and EDCs

Endocrine Society hosts EPA speaker at public workshop on ToxCast and regulatory endocrine disruption screening

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June 13, 2014

EDCs: France pushes for hazard based definition

France places EDC definition on meeting agenda of Ministers of the Environment, supports definition based on hazard properties

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June 4, 2014

Infertility and synthetic chemicals

Epoch Times links male infertility to synthetic chemicals; triclosan affects sperm’s sense of orientation

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June 3, 2014

Estrogenic activity of BPA-free products

New study investigates estrogenic activity of BPA-free polycarbonate plastics used in food contact

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June 2, 2014

PPTOX conference

Conference on environmental stressors in disease and human health implications to take place in October 2014

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