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From: Wendy Hessler <w.hessler at cox.net>
Reply-To: Wendy Hessler <w.hessler at cox.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 15:12:15 -0600
To: EEOH-L at tulane.edu
Subject: February 2004: e.hormone Web Site Update
WHAT'S NEW ON THE E.HORMONE WEB SITE
"Your gateway to the environment and hormones"
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu
February 6, 2004
o COMMENTARY
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/ViewsArchives/views.html
- Metals: An Old Problem with New Tricks
Long known to impact health, metals pose a new threat as endocrine
disrupters. Rosslyn Grosely and Marlo Sellin explain sources,
mechanisms, concerns, and future research needs.
o RESEARCH BRIEFS
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/researchBriefs/researchBriefs.html
- Ecosystems to worms: Highlights from January's SICB Symposium
Mixtures stress frogs
Broader horizons
Crabs, shrimp, and mysids, oh my!
Chemical affects molting lobster
A different way to be male
Oil disrupts worm-spawning signals
o GOVERNMENT NEWS
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/
- Report: Analysis of Laboratory and Field Studies of Reproductive
Toxicity in Birds Exposed to Dioxin-Like Compounds
- Report: Developing Relative Potency Factors for Pesticide Mixtures:
Biostatistical Analyses of Joint Dose-Response
o RESOURCES
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/resources.html
- Links: Office of Scientific and Technical Information. One stop
searching for government-sponsored research and data.
- Books: Silent Scourge - Children, Pollution, and Why Scientists
Disagree. The history and impacts of five pollutants illustrate
effects on children and give insight into the controversy surrounding
"safe" exposure levels.
o NEWS LINKS
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/news.html
- 27 news links including:
- Deca in the Atmosphere
- Mercury Risk to Newborns Alarming
- For Science, Nanotech Poses Big Unknowns
- Danger on Deck?
- Double Dose of Bad Air Puts Fetuses at Risk
- Autism Reaching Epidemic Levels
- Toxins Cited in Farmed Salmon
- Maternal Smoking Linked to Low Sperm Counts
o CONFERENCE KIOSK
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/conferenceKiosk.html
-- 2/9/04: Vaccines and Autism, Washington, DC and live Webcast
-- 2/12-16/04: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),
Seattle, Washington
-- 2/20/04: Obesity: Developmental Origins and Environmental Influences,
Durham, North Carolina
-- 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 and Testing Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals:
Validation and Standardization of 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
-- 10/13 - 16/04: e.hormone conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
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