After decades with little progress, the US Environmental Protection Agency plans to revamp an effort to evaluate pesticides for potential effects on estrogen, androgen, and thyroid hormones. The move ...

I was struck by this large heading on an EPA website, “Rebuilding the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.” This program does not need to be rebuilt; it should be eliminated and consolidated with ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded Battelle one of three blanket purchase agreements to compete for research tasks to evaluate chemicals that may harm the endocrine system in ...

Chemicals are all around us. And some of the most concerning belong to a class known as endocrine disruptors, a group of chemicals so ubiquitous—found in everyday objects like nonstick pans, canned ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 13, 2023) A study published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research finds exposure to p-Dichlorobenzene (p-DCB), a chlorophenol compound with uses as an insecticide, ...

Taking the long view of human history, one of the most salient features of the time period in which we now live is the widespread exposure of both man and beast to a raft of previously unknown ...

Lack of data from the chemical industry in the EU often prevents the assessment of whether substances, for example, used in consumer products, are endocrine disrupting. As a result, the researchers ...

Endocrine disruptors are defined as substances, or mixtures of substances, that interfere with the function of the endocrine system. These chemicals can act at very low doses, often exert combined or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The past 10 years have seen rapid growth in research on how endocrine-disrupting chemicals affect humans. In ...