Health surveillance and endocrine disruptors.

Low-dose effects of endocrine disruptors, with Laura Vandenberg. Interview by Ashley Ahearn.

The Impact of VigorOx WWT II Wastewater Disinfection Technology on Endocrine Disruptors

Endocrine disruptors (EDs) are a class of chemicals with the ability to interfere with the endocrine (hormonal) processes in mammals. Any hormonal process in the body can potentially be impacted by endocrine disruptors. As a result, EDs have been linked to many health related issues, such as learning disabilities, brain and cognitive development problems, breast cancer, deformations of limbs, f...

Endocrine Policy Forum Endocrine Policy Forum Frequently Asked Questions about Endocrine Disruptors General Background on Endocrine Disruption

Why all the talk about endocrine disruptors? In response to public concern that certain environmental chemicals may interfere with endocrine processes in humans, the U.S. Congress passed the Food Quality Protection Act and amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1996. These laws directed the US EPA to develop and implement a program to investigate the potential for substances to cause adve...

An approach to the development of quantitative models to assess the effects of exposure to environmentally relevant levels of endocrine disruptors on homeostasis in adults.

The workshop "Characterizing the Effects of Endocrine Disruptors on Human Health at Environmental Exposure Levels" was held to provide a forum for discussions and recommendations of methods and data needed to improve risk assessments of endocrine disruptors. This article was produced by a working group charged with determining the basic mechanistic information that should be considered when des...

A Rat α-Fetoprotein Binding Activity Prediction Model to Facilitate Assessment of the Endocrine Disruption Potential of Environmental Chemicals

Endocrine disruptors such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), diethylstilbestrol (DES) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) are agents that interfere with the endocrine system and cause adverse health effects. Huge public health concern about endocrine disruptors has arisen. One of the mechanisms of endocrine disruption is through binding of endocrine disruptors with the hormone receptors...