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https://hdl.handle.net/10776/11381
2017-02-02
eng
Abboud, Alexis
Turriziani Colonna, Federica
Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society.
Arizona Board of Regents
open access
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
In 1996, the US Congress mandated that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) create and regulate the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program. The program tests industrial and agricultural chemicals for hormonal impacts in humans and in wildlife that may disrupt organisms' endocrine systems. The endocrine system regulates the release of small amounts of chemical substances called hormones to keep the body functioning normally. Some chemicals can impede the endocrine system's function by mimicking or blocking hormone reception, which can disrupt processes of development and reproduction and harm organisms. As of 2017, the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program is the largest US program to identify and regulate chemicals that affect the normal production of sex hormones like estrogen and androgen, which can have long-term effects on development and reproduction.
Endocrine disrupting chemicals
Endocrine toxicology
Developmental endocrinology
Endocrine System
Hormones
Socioendocrinology
Environmental protection
Environmental policy
Hormones, Sex
endocrine disruptors
Endocrine Disruptor Effect
Ethics
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
Bilateral Meeting on Endocrine Disruptor Test Methods Development
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. Silent spring
US Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program