Tuesday, November 16, 2010

EPA to Expand Chemicals Testing for Endocrine Disruption

EPA to Expand Chemicals Testing for Endocrine Disruption
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/5F77E9903C4E2E48852577DD005BC7CE

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified a list of 134 chemicals that will be screened for their potential to disrupt the endocrine system. Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that interact with and possibly disrupt the hormones produced or secreted by the human or animal endocrine system, which regulates growth, metabolism and reproduction. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has made it a top priority to ensure the safety of chemicals, and this is another step in this process."

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