EPA Will Test Pesticides' Effect on Endocrine System

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Apr 21, 2009

EPA Will Test Pesticides' Effect on Endocrine System
By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post Staff Writer, Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today it will order pesticide manufacturers for the first time to test 67 chemicals contained in their products to determine if they disrupt the endocrine system, which regulates both animals' and humans' growth, metabolism and reproduction.

The testing will begin this summer and focus on whether these chemicals affect the body's estrogen, androgen and thyroid systems, EPA officials said. It will eventually encompass all pesticide chemicals.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041502054.html

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