In Brief: Endocrine modulators
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Endocrine modulators: First meeting of Environmental Protection Agency's Endocrine Disrupters Screening and Testing Advisory Committee slated for Dec. 12-13 at the Embassy Suite Hotel in San Francisco, a notice in the Nov. 27 Federal Register states. The committee was formed to "advise EPA on a strategy for screening and testing chemicals and pesticides for their potential to disrupt endocrine functions," the notice reads. The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association has been following the development of the issue because portions of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Food Quality Protection Act addressing endocrine modulation "could have ramifications" for the cosmetics industry ("The Rose Sheet" Nov. 18, In Brief)...