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From: Wendy Hessler <w.hessler at cox.net>
Reply-To: Wendy Hessler <w.hessler at cox.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:52:30 -0600
To: EEOH-L at tulane.edu
Subject: December 2003: e.hormone Web Site Update
WHAT'S NEW ON CBR'S E.HORMONE WEB SITE
"Your gateway to the environment and hormones"
DECEMBER 11, 2003
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e.hormone Web Site
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu
e.hormone Annual Conference
October 13-16, 2004, New Orleans, LA
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/
Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane/Xavier Universities
http://www.cbr.tulane.edu
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o RESEARCH BRIEFS (1 Dec 2003)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/researchBriefs/researchBriefs.html
- Flavone and isoflavone phytoestrogens are agonists
of estrogen-related receptors
- Developmental diethylstilbestrol (DES) exposure reveals
novel genetic pathways of uterine cell fate determination
o GOVERNMENT NEWS (1 Dec 2003)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/governmentNews.html
- Meeting: Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation Subcommittee
- Grant: Environment's role in fetal basis of adult diseases
- Meeting: Panel reviews children's CCA risk/exposure model/assessments
- Ruling: CPSC denies ban of CCA wood
- Comments: (EPA) Additional scientific reviews of Atrazine completed
- EPA (STAR) Fellowships for graduate environmental study
- Ruling: EPA will not regulate sewage sludge containing dioxin
- Comments: Infant/toddler exposure over time to pesticides/POPs
- Meeting: Panel to review children's CCA risk/exposure model
o RESOURCES (Updated 15 Nov 03)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/resources.html
- Links: Public Library of Science
- Books: Science in the Private Interest: Has the Lure of
Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research?
- Books: Pediatric Environmental Health‹2nd Edition
o MEDIA COVERAGE (Updated 9 Dec 03)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/news.html
-- 30 new articles listed
o CONFERENCE KIOSK (Updated 1 Dec 03)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/conferenceKiosk.html
-- 12/5 - 7/03: Nuclear Receptors & Endocrine Disorders, Cincinnati, Ohio
-- 1/4 - 8/1/04: SICB Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
-- 3/21 - 25/04: Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland
-- 4/18 - 22/04: SETAC Europe 14th Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic
-- 4/19 - 21/04: Screening & Testing EDCs: Validate/Standardize Assays,
Salt Lake City, Utah
-- 6/6 - 9/04: Brominated Flame Retardants Workshop, Toronto, Canada
-- 6/23 - 25/04: 4th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health,
Budapest, Hungary
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