[Pharmwaste] House Panel to examine effects of endocrine
disruptors in water
Pickrel.Jan at epamail.epa.gov
Pickrel.Jan at epamail.epa.gov
Mon Mar 1 11:18:52 EST 2010
FYI --
Here is the link to the referenced testimony presented:
main website:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1908:endocrine-disrupting-chemicals-in-drinking-water-risks-to-human-health-and-the-environment&catid=130:subcommittee-on-energy-and-the-environment&Itemid=71
testimony from Jim Jones, EPA:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20100225/Jones.Testimony.pdf
testimony from Linda Birnbaum, HHS;
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20100225/Birnbaum.Testimony.pdf
testimony from Gina Solomon , Natural Resources Defense Council:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20100225/Solomon.Testimony.pdf
testimony from Christopher Borgert, Applied Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Inc.:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20100225/Borgert.Testimony.pdf
*^*~*^*~*^*~
Jan Pickrel
Water Permits Division, Industrial Branch
US Environmental Protection Agency
phone: (202) 564-7904.
fax: (202) 564-6431.
pickrel.jan at epa.gov
~*^*~*^*~*^*~*^*~*^*~*^*~
|------------>
| From: |
|------------>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|"Tenace, Laurie" <Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us> |
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------>
| To: |
|------------>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|"pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us" <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us> |
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------>
| Date: |
|------------>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|02/22/2010 10:41 AM |
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------>
| Subject: |
|------------>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|[Pharmwaste] House Panel to examine effects of endocrine disruptors in water |
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Sorry, I don't have a link to this article.
Laurie
CHEMICALS: House panel to examine effects of endocrine disruptors in
water (02/22/2010)
Sara Goodman, E&E reporter
The impacts that hormone-disrupting chemicals found in drinking water
have on human health and the environment will be the focus of a hearing
this week in a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee.
The Energy and Environment Subcommittee will hear testimony from Jim
Jones, U.S. EPA's deputy assistant administrator for the Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances; and Linda Birnbaum,
director of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences,
among others.
The witnesses are expected to address what happens when
endocrine-disrupting chemicals end up in drinking water.
Endocrine disrupters affect glands and hormones that regulate many
bodily functions, most notably reproduction. Definitively connecting the
chemicals to health problems is not easy, however, since people are
exposed to many industrial chemicals. The chemicals end up in water
through a variety of means, including human excretion of ingested drugs,
leaching from municipal landfills, and runoff from confined animal
feeding operations and pesticides.
In an effort to address those concerns, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) last year introduced a bill calling on NIEHS to
research the effects of chemicals on the human endocrine system,
particularly among children.
H.R. 4190 would establish an independent panel of scientists to oversee
research to identify endocrine disruptors and develop a prioritized list
of chemicals to investigate. If the panel found even minimal concern
about a chemical, the legislation would require the relevant federal
agency to report to Congress and propose next steps within six months
The Center for Biological Diversity last month petitioned EPA to set
water-quality standards for endocrine-disrupting chemicals, a move meant
to spur the agency to regulate or ban the use of such substances.
EPA has pledged to move quickly on a long-stalled program aimed at
protecting the public from endocrine-disrupting chemicals -- the
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program -- and last year listed 67
pesticides for screening. The agency also is reviewing several
controversial chemicals including atrazine, perchlorate and phthalates.
Schedule: The hearing is Thursday, Feb. 25, at 9:30 a.m. in 2322
Rayburn.
Witnesses: Jim Jones, EPA's deputy assistant administrator for the
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances; Linda Birnbaum,
director of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences;
and Gina Solomon, senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense
Council. Other witnesses TBA.
Laurie Tenace
Environmental Specialist
Waste Reduction Section
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 4555
Tallahassee FL 32399-2400
P: 850.245.8759
F: 850.245.8811
Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us
Mercury: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm
Unwanted Medicine:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/medications/default.htm
Batteries:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm
The Department of Environmental Protection values your feedback as a
customer. DEP Secretary Michael W. Sole is committed to continuously
assessing and improving the level and quality of services provided to
you. Please take a few minutes to comment on the quality of service you
received. Copy the url below to a web browser to complete the DEP
survey:
http://survey.dep.state.fl.us/?refemail=Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us
Thank you in advance for completing the survey.
---
Note: As a courtesy to other listserv subscribers, please post messages
to the listserv in plain text format to avoid the garbling of messages
received by digest recipients.
---
TO SUBSCRIBE, go to:
http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste
TO UNSUBSCRIBE, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LISTSERV. Please send an e-mail to
pharmwaste-unsubscribe at lists.dep.state.fl.us -- the subject line and
body of the e-mail should be blank.
If you believe you may be subscribed with a different email address,
please visit the subscriber listing at
http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/roster/pharmwaste
FOR PROBLEMS: Contact List Administrator Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us
SEND MAIL to the list server at: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
More information about the Pharmwaste
mailing list