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What is it all about?

Click here to see the syllabus

Click here for a word version of the critique of a Scientific Research Paper that you should do for each paper we examine.

Theo Colburn Minds of Mountain Film

The Endocrine Disruption Exchange is a good place to find out.

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Food and Environment Reporting Network

Look at this Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

Humanity Disrupted has more information

Plastic Pollution Coalition

Watch some youtube videos to be introduced to the topic.

Laysan Albatross stomach content

(Laysan Albatross stomach content- cover for journal special issue below)

Plastic invasion: The consequences of convenience on the human body (News story Ventura County reporter July 5, 2012)

What Do We Know about Obesogens? with Bruce Blumberg (EHP interview July 2, 2012)

Theme Issue 'Plastics, the environment and human health' compiled by R. C. Thompson, C. J. Moore, F. S. vom Saal and S. H. Swan  July 27, 2009; 364 (1526)

Project 3: Phthalate Exposure and Molecular Epidemiologic Markers of Preterm Birth Among Women in Puerto Rico

Opinion: FDSA's decision on BPAa exposes Catch 22 (EHN June 8, 2012)

Endocrine Distruptors 3rd International Fresnius-Conference Sept 17-18, 2012

A selection of Important papers:

Final Report: Pesticides, Endocrine Disruptors, Childhood Growth and Development (Birth Cohort) recently released (an example of gray literature):

Endocrine Disruptors and Asthma-Associated Chemicals in Consumer Products (Dodson, et al Environmental Health Perspectives, 2012)

Dodson RE, Nishioka M, Standley LJ, Perovich LJ, Brody JG, Rudel RA 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104052

"Fifteen years after Wingspread" - Environmental Endocrine Disruptors and Human and Wildlife health: Where we are Today and Where We Need to Go (Hotchkiss et al 2008 Toxicol Sci 105(2) 235-259)

Developmental Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Wildlife and Humans (1993) Colburn, T, von Saal, F and Soto, A Environmental Health Perspectives 101:5:378-384

Mechanism of action of phthalate endocrine disruptors in male reproductive development (Kee, H. 2011 PhD Thesis University of Adelaide) General discussion starts on p 184