Failure to Launch: The Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Failure to Launch: The Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

It has been 25 years since the U.S. Congress passed the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, an amendment to the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, which mandated that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) test all pesticide chemicals used in food for endocrine disruption. Soon after the law passed,...

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Main Authors: Maricel V. Maffini, Laura N. Vandenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Toxicology
Subjects:
endocrine disrupting chemical
validation
test guideline
cumulative effect
xenoestrogen
FIFRA
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ftox.2022.908439/full

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