Science and policy on endocrine disrupters must not be mixed: a reply to a

Bergman, Ake; Andersson, Anna-Maria; Becher, Georg; van den Berg, Martin; Blumberg, Bruce; Bjerregaard, Poul; Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf; Bornman, Riana; Brandt, Ingvar; Brian, Jayne V.; Casey, Stephanie C.; Fowler, Paul A.; Frouin, Heloise; Giudice, Linda C.; Iguchi, Taisen; Hass, Ulla; Jobling, Susan; Juul, Anders; Kidd, Karen A.; Kortenkamp, Andreas; Lind, Monica; Martin, Olwenn V.; Muir, Derek; Ochieng, Roseline; Olea, Nicolas; Norrgren, Leif; Ropstad, Erik; Ross, Peter S.; Ruden, Christina; Scheringer, Martin; Skakkebaek, Niels Erik; Soder, Olle; Sonnenschein, Carlos; Soto, Ana; Swan, Shanna; Toppari, Jorma; Tyler, Charles R.; Vandenberg, Laura N.; Vinggaard, Anne Marie; Wiberg, Karin; Zoeller, R. Thomas

doi:10.1186/1476-069X-12-69

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Science and policy on endocrine disrupters must not be mixed: a reply to a "common sense" intervention by toxicology journal editors

Bergman, Ake; Andersson, Anna-Maria; Becher, Georg; van den Berg, Martin; Blumberg, Bruce; Bjerregaard, Poul; Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf; Bornman, Riana; Brandt, Ingvar; Brian, Jayne V.; Casey, Stephanie C.; Fowler, Paul A.; Frouin, Heloise; Giudice, Linda C.; Iguchi, Taisen; Hass, Ulla; Jobling, Susan; Juul, Anders; Kidd, Karen A.; Kortenkamp, Andreas;
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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 considered 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

Published in

Environmental Health
2013, volume: 12, article number: 69
Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

Authors' information

Bergman, Åke

Andersson, Anna-Maria

Becher, George

van den Berg, Martin

Blumberg, Bruce

Bjerregard, Paul

Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf

Bornman, Riana

Brandt, Ingvar

Brian, Jayne V

Casey, Stephanie C

Fowler, Paul A

Frouin, Heloise

Giudice, Linda C

Iguchi, Taisen

Hass, Ulla

Jobling, Susan

Juul, Anders

Kidd, Karen A

Kortenkamp, Andreas

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Sustainable Development Goals

SDG3 Good health and wellbeing

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Health and Occupational Health
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-69

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/51094