Open Directory - Science: Environment: Environmental Health: Endocrine Disruptors
See also: - Chlorine Chemistry Council provides information regarding dioxins, their release into the environment, and their effects on human health. - A report on the technical and social implications of dioxin. - Information from the Why Files about the endocrine system, effects of pesticides/PCBs/dioxins on wildlife and people, and prospects for action to resolve this concern. - Report evaluating the low dose effects and dose response relationships for endocrine disrupting chemicals in mammalian species that relate to human health. - Describes the coordination of U.S. federal government efforts to examine the hypothesis that there are chemicals present in the environment of humans and wildlife that, by virtue of their ability to interact with endocrine systems, are causing a variety of adverse health effects. - Newsletter and comprehensive set of endocrine disrupter links. - Provides information on the PCB pollution of the Fox River, Green Bay, Wisconsin and Lake Michigan including research on PCBs, history, health effects, toxicity, sediment remediation, dredging, cleanup, and politics. - 1999 National Academy of Sciences report (1) examines the science behind the ominous prospect of "estrogen mimics" threatening health and well-being and (2) identifies research needs. Purchase book or read it online. - IPEN works for the global elimination of persistent organic pollutants. Information on PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) including health effects, international, national and local policy efforts, elimination technology, and links to further research and resources. - An introduction to the effects of hormone disrupting chemicals on man and the environment, and the response of governments and industry to this problem. Written for anyone interested in the subject. Includes internet links and other references. - Resource for the latest information about potentially hazardous effects of chemicals on human reproduction and development. - NRDC website describes research suggesting the atrazine is a carcinogen and causes sexual abnormalities in male frogs. - Part of the OECD Test Guidelines Programme, focused on reaching international agreement on the testing and assessment of chemicals with respect to their endocrine disrupting potential. - Provides updates about endocrine disruption created by man-made chemical contaminants that interfere with hormones in humans and wildlife. - Provides information on Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's). Background, resources and links to many topics. - These chemical substances persist in the environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. From the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). - Discusses human health concerns and public health benefits related to plasticizers, which are chemicals used to soften normally-rigid PVC, or polyvinyl chloride plastics. - Personal home page by Lewis A. Shadoff, Ph.D., discusses dioxins, furans, and similar toxic substances, including what they are and where they are found. - This conservative, industry/government funded site provides very cautious interpretations of scientific findings about endocrine disruption. - Abstract of study that investigated whether TCDD triggers apoptosis in thymocytes. - Papers and speeches on how hormone disruptors interfere with bio-chemical processes, and a suspected list of hormone disruptors. - Provide information about: upcoming conferences, the latest in research techniques and results, commentaries from distinguished scholars in the field, links to related news and stories. - Analyses of material flows of chemicals in the environment, including endocrine-disrupting industrial chemicals. [Site in English and German. Flags are language selectors.] - New York Times report on University of California study that found that male frogs exposed to very low doses of atrazine are deficient in testosterone and can develop multiple sex organs. (April 17, 2002)
