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Ref. 4 EDSTAC, "Industry View," Pollution Engineering Magazine EDSTAC US EPA, Endocrine Disrupter Screening and Testing Advisory Committee. Dioxin is one of many endocrine disruptors. ........................ EDSTAC--Pollution Engineering - June 01, 1998 www.pollutionengineering.com The [EPA] Agency established the Endocrine Disrupter Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) -- a multistakeholder group of 39 representatives from EPA and other federal agencies, state agencies, industry, research science and various environmental and citizen groups. Chaired by Dr. Lynn Goldman, assistant administrator of EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic substances, EDSTAC has been tasked with recommending a strategy for designing an endocrine disruptor screening and testing program to protect human health and the environment. With just one scheduled plenary meeting remaining, just where does the committee stand in delivering its recommendations to EPA? Background In August 1996, Congress passed both the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) and amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), both of which contained provisions calling for the screening and testing of chemicals and pesticides for possible endocrine disrupting effects. According to EPA, these laws require the Agency "to develop a screening program, using appropriate validated test systems and other scientifically relevant information, to determine whether certain substances may have an effect in humans that is similar to an effect produced by a naturally occurring estrogen, or other such endocrine effect as the Administrator may designate." EPA is to implement the program by August 1999, and to report on the program's progress by August 2000. New regulations resulting from this process, Timm explained, will take some time to be developed. "A TSCA [Toxic substances and Control Act] rule would be coming later, after we have done our priority setting, after we have run the high-throughput screen, after we have developed a database and run that..." If you would like more information on EDSTAC's status and activities, visit EPA's endocrine disruptor web site at www.epa.gov/opptintr/opptendo/index.htm What Are Endocrine Disruptors? As defined by EDSTAC, an endocrine disruptor is "an exogenous chemical substance or mixture that alters the structure or function(s) of the endocrine system and causes adverse effects -- at the level of the organism, its progeny, populations or subpopulations of organisms -- based on scientific principles, data, weight-of-evidence and the precautionary principle." Clear evidence exists, says EPA, that some chemicals have the potential to impact human health and wildlife populations by interfering with the endocrine system -- an important regulatory system in humans and other animals. Evidence is stronger on the wildlife side of the issue. For example, certain fish species near pulp and paper plant discharges have shown masculization, altered sexual development and decreased fertility, while alligators in Lake Apopka, Fla., have experienced a variety of adverse developmental effects related to a 1980 pesticide (DDT, DDE) spill. However, a variety of studies published during the past few years have suggested a possible link between human health concerns and exposure to endocrine disrupting substances, including several studies pertaining to declining sperm production in adult males. And breast cancer -- which, according to a report published by the Chemical Manufacturers Association, accounts for approximately one-seventh of all new U.S. cancer cases each year -- has been the subject of a number of scientific studies examining possible links between the disease and exposure to chemicals in the environment. Main Pages: | Endocrine Disruption Briefing Book | | Attachment List, ED Briefing Book | Attachment Pages: | ADD/ADHD | | Children-Developmental Damage | | Symptoms, Physical-Cognitive | | Diabetes | | Porphyria-LiverSpots | | Porphyria-Suppressed Detox | | Thyroid Disruptions | | Cancer, et al | | Cancer, et al | | Bethune School Dioxin | | Whitehouse School Scandal | | Belgium Govt. Topples | | 314 Toxic Chemicals | | 3700 Porphyrinogenic Chemicals | | Professional Dioxin Reports | | Industry View Dioxin | | Dust Carries Toxics-Dioxin | Cost Estimates, For Medical & Social Problems: | 5 most costly dioxin diseases Overview | Additional Overview Info: | PCB Toxicity by CDC | | 48% Graduation Rate Jax FL | | EDSTAC | Send questions to: | [email protected] | | [email protected] | |