Article in Nature Reviews highlights different effect potential of manmade vs. natural estrogens in the case of soy and bisphenol A in a study with women undergoing in vitro fertilization
March 29, 2016
Cost of EDCs for female health
Study estimates costs of uterine fibroids and endometriosis linked to EDC exposure to reach nearly €1.5 billion per year
March 16, 2016
BPA and fertility treatment
Exposure to BPA reduces successful IVF treatments, studies find; eating soy may protect women from BPA’s adverse reproductive effects, according to most recent study
March 15, 2016
Opinion: TSCA reform must protect public health
Article by health professional Leonardo Trasande outlines opportunities and drawbacks of current bills to reform U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act for protection of human health
March 11, 2016
First responses to RIVM’s BPA report
Dutch health ministry backs the RIVM’s call to reconsider EU-wide exposure limits and tighten national controls for BPA; EFSA says BPA reevaluation planned ‘next year’
March 10, 2016
IPCP launches project on EDCs
International Panel on Chemical Pollution launches UNEP-supported project aimed to produce several overview reports on EDC exposure and effects in the environment
March 8, 2016
Controversy on EDC criteria in EU
Commissioners Andriukaitis and Vella discuss scientific criteria for identification of EDCs at press conference of EU Environment Council meeting; debate about potency continues
March 7, 2016
EU Environment Council on EDCs
EU environment ministers call for urgent action on EDCs; video published on occasion of Environment Council meeting discussing EDC criteria
March 4, 2016
EDC criteria should be science-based
Endocrine Society meets European Commissioner, highlights EDCs as public health threat and urges Commissioner to adopt science-based criteria without potency cutoffs
March 1, 2016
Opinion: EDC criteria must be adopted now
European Consumer Organisation calls on EU Commissioner to adopt science-based criteria for endocrine disruptors now and not wait until summer 2016
