[Pharmwaste] WHO report on EDCs

[Tenace, Laurie]

The World Health Organization has published a report titled, "Global
Assessment of the State-of-the-Science of Endocrine Disruptors."  The =
report
is a result of a charge to the Internationale Programme on Chemical =
Safety to
study the adverse effects that endocrine disruptors (EDs) have or may =
have on
living organisms.  The report discusses the effects of EDs on wildlife =
and
humans, the mechanisms of action of EDs, exposure routes, and weighs the
evidence against EDs using causal criteria.  The report concludes that =
there
is sufficient evidence that adverse endocrine-mediated effects have =
occurred
in some wildlife species, but there is weak evidence that human health =
has
been adversely affected by exposure to chronic, low-level concentrations =
of
endocrine-active compounds.  The report recommends that future research
efforts concentrate on the timing, frequency, and duration of exposure =
to
these chemicals.
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The report is available online at
http://www.who.int/ipcs/publications/new_issues/endocrine_disruptors/en/.=


Thanks to Lauren Walker-Coleman for bringing this to my attention.

Laurie J. Tenace
Environmental Specialist
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 4555
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400
PH: (850) 245-8759
FAX: (850) 245-8811
Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us
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view our mercury web pages at:=20
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm
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