Our Stolen FutureNew scientific findings about endocrine disruptionScientists from government, academic and independent laboratories raise strong challenges to proposals that 'hormesis' be used to justify weakening pu- June 26, 2005 They conclude that it is irresponsible for proponents of hormesis to portray chemicals with numerous adverse effects as having "benefits" while ignoring their hazards.http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/regulatory/2005/2005-0615thayeretal.htm Over 100 scientists issue call for precautionary action on endocrine disruption- June 23, 2005 In June 2005, over 100 research scientists with active research programs studying endocrine disruption from 15 countries issued a joint, signed statement concluding that scientific uncertainty should not delay precautionary action on reducing the exposures to and the risks from endocrine disrupters. According to their assessment, current safety standards are ill-equipped to deal with risks caused by endocrine disrupters and that current testing procedures may lead to serious underestimations of.http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/Consensus/2005-0620praguesynopsis.htm In a small prospective study, researchers in Japan report that bisphenol A levels are higher in women with a history of repeated spontaneous miscarria- June 10, 2005 This research was based on proof that BPA causes meiotic aneuploidy in mice. Meiotic aneuploidy is the commonest cause of miscarriage in people. The researchers also followed the pregnancies of the women to completion, and found evidence of aneuploidy in several of the miscarried fetuses. Bisphenol A is widely used in consumer product, including polycarbonate water bottles, epoxy linings for food cans and coatings for papers. Almost all Americans carry measureable levels of BPA, at levels...http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/bisphenola/2005/2005-0610Sugiuraetal... Phthalate levels in infants using neonatal intensive care units.- June 8, 2005 Infants in a hospital that has continued use of phthalate-containing plastics in equipment used in neonatal intensive care units have higher phthalate metabolites in their urine than one that switched to other materials. Infants most exposed to DEHP had five times the level of a metabolite as those least exposed.http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/phthalates/2005/2005-0608greenetal.h... New research with rodents suggests that your infertility could be the result of an environmental exposure that your great-grandmother experienced whil- June 3, 2005 In laboratory experiments, exposure to two endocrine disrupting compounds at a key time in fetal development seriously impaired sperm count in almost all males in 4 subsequent generations, even though the exposure occurred only once. The changes appear not to be mediated by DNA mutation, but instead through epigenetic changes in DNA methylation.http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/reproduction/sperm/2005/2005-0602anwayetal.htm |