9781847356246_Front Cover; Contents; Standard Task List and Time Schedule for Ecotoxicology Tests; Session 1: History of Research on Environmental Impacts of EDCs; Paper 1 An Overview of Endocrine Disruption 1933-2011: New Chapters in an Old Story *Unavailable at time of print*; Session 2: Regulatory Status; Paper 2 OECD Activities on Endocrine Disruptors Testing and Assessment; Paper 3 The Status and Regulations Concerning Endocrine Disruptors in Japan; Paper 4 Endocrine Effects in the Aquatic Environment -- The Swiss Situation.
Paper 5 Europe's Legal and Regulatory Framework for Endocrine DisruptorsPaper 6 Ecotoxicology: Caveats to the Testing of Endocrine Active Substances for Registration of Products; Paper 7 The Current Status of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program: A Contract Research Organisation's Perspective; Paper 8 EDCs: Hazardous Chemicals of Ever Increasing Concern; Session 3: Testing Strategies; Paper 9 Weight of Evidence Review to Determine Endocrine Disrupting Properties of Active Substances.
Paper 10 Endocrine Disruption of the Foetal Testis and Resulting Disorders -- Species Comparisons and DifferencesPaper 11 ECETOC Guidance on How to Identify Endocrine Disrupting Effects in Wildlife Species; Session 4: Practical Aspects of Testing; Paper 12 An Evaluation of the Fish Short-term Reproduction Assay and the Amphibian Metamorphosis Assay; Paper 13 Multiple Biodetectors for Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (EDCs); Paper 14 Validation Results and Methods for Improving In Vitro Tier 1 Endocrine Disruption Screening Assays.
Paper 15 Implementing Tier 1 Mammalian Assays to Meet Data Requirements for the US EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening ProgrammeSession 6: Hazard/Risk Assessment and Thoughts on Testing for Endocrine Disruptors; Paper 16 Endocrine Disruption in Fish in English Rivers: Addressing the Population Level Effects Question; Paper 17 Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Fish: Developing Exposure Indicators and Predictive Models of Effects based on Mechanism of Action; Paper 18 Amphibians as Sensors for Endocrine Disruptors; Session 5: Case Studies.
Paper 19 UV-absorbing Chemicals in the Environment Interfere with Hormonal Systems in Fish *Unavailable at time of print*Paper 20 Hormonally Active Substances in Bottled Mineral Water?; Paper 21 Phthalates -- They Are Not All The Same; Paper 22 Managing a Substance in the Marketplace when the Rules are Unclear -- A Case Study of a Thyroid-active Chemical; REACH for Polymers European Project; 9781847356246_Back Cover.
Summary
These proceedings cover all the presentations from iSmithers' inaugural Endocrine Disruptors 2011 conference which addressed key topics related to the evaluation of adverse effects on the endocrine system and corresponding regulatory requirements.
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