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Abstract: The "common sense" intervention by toxicology journal editors
regarding proposed European Union endocrine disrupter regulations ignores scientific
evidence and well-established principles of chemical risk assessment. In this
commentary, endocrine disrupter experts express their concerns about a recently
published, and is in our ... read moreconsidered opinion inaccurate and factually incorrect,
editorial that has appeared in several journals in toxicology. Some of the
shortcomings of the editorial are discussed in detail. We call for a better founded
scientific debate which may help to overcome a polarisation of views detrimental to
reaching a consensus about scientific foundations for endocrine disrupter regulation
in the EU.
Keywords: Endocrine disrupting chemicals, Environment, Health,
Precautionary principle, Regulatory toxicology.
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- Bergman, Åke, Anna-Maria Andersson, Georg Becher, Martin van
den Berg, Bruce Blumberg, Poul Bjerregaard, Carl-Gustaf Bornehag, Riana Bornman,
Ingvar Brandt, Jayne V. Brian, Stephanie C. Casey, Paul A. Fowler, Heloise Frouin,
Linda C. Giudice, Taisen Iguchi, Ulla Hass, Susan Jobling, Anders Juul, Karen A.
Kidd, Andreas Kortenkamp, Monica Lind, Olwenn V. Martin, Derek Muir, Roseline
Ochieng, Nicolas Olea, Leif Norrgren, Erik Ropstad, Peter S. Ross, Christina Rudén,
Martin Scheringer, Niels Erik Skakkebaek, Olle Söder, Carlos Sonnenschein, Ana Soto,
Shanna Swan, Jorma Toppari, Charles R. Tyler, Laura N. Vandenberg, Anne Marie
Vinggaard, Karin Wiberg, and R. Thomas Zoeller. "Science and policy on endocrine
disrupters must not be mixed: a reply to a "common sense" intervention by toxicology
journal editors." Environmental Health 12, no. 1 (12, 2013):
1-4.
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