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Thymus Atrophy
Abstract of study that investigated whether TCDD triggers apoptosis in thymocytes.
http://hem.passagen.se/cnyland/thymus.html
Hormonally Active Agents in the Environment
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.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6029.html
Questions and Answers About Dioxins and Food Safety
Discusses dioxins in the food chain.
http://ific.org/publications/qa/dioxinqa.c...
Coalition Opposed to PCB Ash in Monroe County, Indiana
Provides information concerning the problem related to PCB hazardous waste incinerator and landfill. Links to resources and research.
http://www.copa.org/
Phthalates and Human Health: Demystifying the Risks of Plastic-softening Chemicals
Discusses human health concerns and public health benefits related to plasticizers, which are chemicals used to soften normally-rigid PVC, or polyvinyl chloride plastics.
http://www.reason.org/peg2.html
Endocrine Disrupting Substances in the Environment
Canadian Environmental Corps offers PDF file on this subject.
http://www.ec.gc.ca/eds/fact/index.htm
Teens Before Their Time
With budding breasts and pubic hair, girls are developing earlier than ever. What's causing it? And what are the psychological effects? Time Magazine.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...
International POPs Elimination Network
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.
http://www.ipen.org/
Dioxin Facts
Chlorine Chemistry Council provides information regarding dioxins, their release into the environment, and their effects on human health.
http://www.dioxinfacts.org/
National Toxicology Program Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR)
Resource for the latest information about potentially hazardous effects of chemicals on human reproduction and development.
http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/
The Dioxin Home Page
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.
http://www.websorcerer.com/Dioxin/index.ht...
WWF Endocrine Disruptor Information
Papers and speeches on how hormone disruptors interfere with bio-chemical processes, and a suspected list of hormone disruptors.
http://www.pmac.net/theos.htm
Fox River Watch
Provides information on the PCB pollution of the Fox River, Green Bay and Lake Michigan including research on PCBs, history, health effects, toxicity, sediment remediation, dredging, cleanup, and politics.
http://www.foxriverwatch.com/
Endocrine Disruptors Low-Dose Peer Review
Report evaluating the low dose effects and dose response relationships for endocrine disrupting chemicals in mammalian species that relate to human health.
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objecti...
The Information Site on Endocrine Modulation
This conservative, industry/government funded site provides very cautious interpretations of scientific findings about endocrine disruption.
http://www.emcom.ca/welcome/index.shtml
Öko-Recherche
Analyses of material flows of chemicals in the environment, including endocrine-disrupting industrial chemicals.
http://www.oekorecherche.de/english.html
OECD Endocrine Disruptors Assessment
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.
http://www.oecd.org/document/62/0,2340,en_...
PCB Home Page at EPA
Provides information on Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's). Background, resources and links to many topics.
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pcb/
Environmental Toxins and Reproductive Health -- About.com
Information and internet links related to the reproductive effects of dioxins and other environmental toxins.
http://womenshealth.about.com/library/week...
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
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).
http://www.chem.unep.ch/pops/
New Studies Confirm Dangers of Atrazine, a Widely Used Agricultural Weed-Killer
NRDC website describes research suggesting the atrazine is a carcinogen and causes sexual abnormalities in male frogs.
http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/natr...
Endocrine/Estrogen Letter
Newsletter and comprehensive set of endocrine disrupter links.
http://www.eeletter.com
Weed Killer Deforms Sex Organs in Frogs, Study Finds
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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/17/science/...
Dioxin Threat
A report on the technical and social implications of dioxin.
http://dioxinthreat.tripod.com/
Introduction to Hormone Disrupting Chemicals
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.
http://website.lineone.net/~mwarhurst
Endocrine Disruption by Estrogenic Environmental Pollutants
Overview of a chapter by B. Rey de Castro from the book Environmental Medicine.
http://www.envimed.com/emb13.shtml
Endocrine Disrupters
From the Whyfiles, a study by the Environmental Protection Agency about synthetic chemicals causing hormone problems. Includes a look at the effects of pesticides on hormones, an overview of the human endocrine system, how endocrine disrupters work, and the EPA's action plan.
http://whyfiles.org/045env_hormone/
Endocrine Disruptors Research Initiative
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.
http://www.epa.gov/endocrine/
Our Stolen Future
Provides updates about endocrine disruption created by man-made chemical contaminants that interfere with hormones in humans and wildlife.
http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/
Environmental Hormone
Annual conference on the effects of environmental estrogens. Includes summaries of research presented in previous years. Hosted by the Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier Universities, New Orleans, LA, US.
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/
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