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From: Wendy Hessler <w.hessler at home.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 21:46:27 -0600
Subject: Oct 01: EEOH Web Site Update
WHAT¹S NEW ON CBR¹S
ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS AND OTHER HORMONES
WEB SITE
OCTOBER 2001
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Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones Web site
http://www.som.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome/
Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier
Universities
http://www.cbr.tulane.edu
Environmental Hormone 2002 Conference
October, New Orleans, Louisiana
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu
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o ED NEWS (Updated 12 November 01)
http://www.som.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome/newsviews/whatsnew/
-- News roundup
- Centers/grants to study links between environment and health
- New briefs:
- France targets atrazine
- US adopts tougher aresenic standard
- Arsenic: Playground equipment poses health risk
- Soy hastens puberty in hamsters
- More intersex fish
-- Research briefs
- Pesticide paper available in Spanish
-- Government actions
- Chlorpyrifos-methyl and ethion: Risk management docs
- Ethyl parathion, phorate, phosalone, and temephos: Risk
management docs
-- Media review
- EMFs in home may limit night hormone, Science News
- Global ban on toxic ship paint agreed, ENS
- European scientists urge stricter cosmetics controls, ENS
- Researchers track hormone-disrupted fish, AP
-- On the Web
- BCERF: New newsletter/revised phytoestrogen fact sheet
o MEDIA COVERAGE (Updated 7 November 01)
http://www.som.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome/sources/media/
-- 10 new articles listed
o UPCOMING CONFERENCES
http://www.som.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome/sources/conference
-- 11-15 Nov 01: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
-- 17 Nov 01: Special Odyssey 2001: A Conference on Environmental Issues and
Learning Disabilities, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
-- 5-6 Dec 01: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in the
Environment: What Does it Mean for Groundwater? Tampa, Florida, USA
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Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones (EEOH), part of the
Environmental Concepts Made Easy (ECME) web site, is an
educational service and an interactive forum where those
interested in environmental estrogens and other environmental
hormones can find accurate, timely information and contribute to
ongoing public debate.
To Drop: To be removed from this list, notify the web site manager at
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The Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier
Universities (CBR) maintains the ECME web site. CBR researchers
collaborate across disciplines, departments, and universities to
study and propose solutions to environmental problems. For
inquiries, visit the CBR web site at
http://www.cbr.tulane.edu, e-mail cbr at tcs.tulane.edu, or
phone (504) 585-6910.
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