Cryptorchidism and Hypospadias in The Netherlands: Are Endocrine Disrupters Involved?

Thank you Mr Chairmen for your kind introduction, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I’d like to thank the organisers for inviting me here, and for organising this excellent meeting. It is also a pleasure for me to pay a visit to Japan for the first time. The subject of my presentation is the prevalence of cryptorchidism and hypospadias, and the role of endocrine disrupters. I realise now that the title for this presentation I gave the organisers is a bit too ambitious. I will not give a definite answer to the question: Are endocrine disrupters involved? But I am working on it!