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From: Wendy Hessler <w.hessler at cox.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:58:19 -0500
Subject: October 2003: e.hormone Web Site Update
WHAT'S NEW ON CBR'S E.HORMONE WEB SITE
"Your gateway to the environment and hormones"
October 10, 2003
NOTE: Since the Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones (EEOH)
Web site has merged with e.hormone, this is the last notice that will
be sent to the old EEOH mailing list. Please subscribe to the new list
at http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/mailingList.html. Apologies to those
who have already subscribed.
Wendy Hessler
e.hormone Content Provider
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e.hormone Web Site
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu
e.hormone Annual Conference
October 16-18, New Orleans, LA
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/eh2003.html
Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane/Xavier Universities
http://www.cbr.tulane.edu
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o NOTES
- Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones (EEOH) and e.hormone
web sites merged September 2, 2003. The new site is at
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu.
- Watch for updates from the October 16-18 e.hormone annual conference.
- October 2003 is Children's Health Month. Sponsored by the US
Environmental Protection Agency's to provide information about
children's health and highlight EPA's efforts to protect children
from environmental harm. For more on activities, health info, and
tip-of-the-day calendar, see
http://www.epa.gov/newsroom/hi-childrenshealthmonth.htm.
o COMMENTARY (Fall 2003)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/ViewsArchives/views.html
- Hiffing and Huffing Along the Inca Trail
Barbara S. Beckman, Tulane University
o NEW SCIENCE (8 October 2003)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/currentScience.html
- PBDEs: A New Concern
Wendy Hessler, e.hormone Content Provider
o RESEARCH BRIEFS (30 September 2003)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/researchBriefs/researchBriefs.html
- BPA, NP: Antiandrogens, Too?
- PCBs change ER-beta mix in rat brains
- Low dose effects: Undertested, misapplied, misunderstood
- Environmental pollutants pose breast cancer risk
o GOVERNMENT NEWS (Updated 6 October 2003)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/governmentNews.html
- Meeting: Exposure/risk to children and CCA treated wood
- Comments: Childhood exposures, contaminants
- Meeting: FIFRA to discuss in vivo testing
- Grant: EPA on ED risk using computer models
o RESOURCES (Updated 30 Sept 03)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/resources.html
- Links: Endocrine Disrupter Research in the European Union
- Books: The Reporter's Environmental Handbook
- Books: Encyclopedia of Hormones (Volume 1-3)
o MEDIA COVERAGE (Updated 30 Sept 03)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/news.html
-- 15 new articles listed
o CONFERENCE KIOSK (Updated 30 Sept 03)
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/conferenceKiosk.html
-- 10/16 - 18/2003: e.hormone 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana USA
-- 10/25/2003: Southern Forests, New Orleans, Louisiana USA
-- 11/8 - 13/03: 24th SETAC Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, USA
-- 12/5 - 7/03: Nuclear Receptors and Endocrine Disorders, Cincinnati,
Ohio, USA
-- 1/4 - 8/1/04: SICB Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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