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Response to “Sicker, Fatter, Poorer: The Urgent Threat of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Our Health and Future” by Dr. Leonardo Trasande
To stay below ranges of exposure determined to be safe, consumers should read product labels closely and follow directions carefully.
Trasande-led human health impact and cost estimates attributed to endocrine disrupting chemical exposure completely unfounded, researchers show
Peer-reviewed paper published in Archives of Toxicology reports substantial shortcomings with underlying methodology, casual disregard of scientific principles
ACC Comments on Lancet Paper Alleging Significant U.S. Health Care Costs from Exposure to EDCs
Today’s release is the latest in a series of papers in which Dr. Trasande and his colleagues demonstrate a casual indifference toward scientific principles, yet a dogged pursuit of headlines.
Scientific group comments on release of EU criteria for identifying endocrine disrupting chemicals
The Endocrine Policy Forum (EPF), a consortium of scientific and regulatory experts coordinating industry participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP), issued the following statement in response to the release by the European Commission of criteria for identifying chemicals for their potential to interact with the endocrine system
Endocrine Society disregards state of science around chemical exposures and endocrine system
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) issued the following statement challenging the Endocrine Society’s views on Diabetes and Obesity risks associated with endocrine disrupting chemicals.