Sentences with phrase «disrupting chemicals report»

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One report found that the EPA recently determined that the herbicide Roundup, the world's most widely used weed killer, is not an endocrine disrupting chemical that can cause birth defects and other serious reproductive health problems.

DENVER — Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may tote several hormone - disrupting chemicals that can alter the development of mice, researchers reported March 23 at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Many of these identified endocrine - disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which include pesticides and substances used in manufacturing a multitude of products, have been reported to interfere with thyroid hormone function, yet public health policy does not fully address the risks to vulnerable populations.

«Although you can not directly know of the source of DEHP in the system, research has reported extremely high levels of DEHP on the day of blood reinfusion compared to the previous day,» said Steven Neese, who studies endocrine disrupting chemicals at the University of Illinois.

The joint International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) publish the first State of the Science Report on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.

Disrupting Improvised Explosive Device Terror Campaigns: Basic Research Opportunities — A Workshop Report Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division on Earth and Life Studies (2008, 80 pp.; ISBN 0 -309-12420-4; available from NAP).

The EWG's most recent report listed Neutrogena as the # 1 sunscreen brand to avoid, citing high concentrations of oxybenzone and other hormone disrupting chemicals, and misleading claims about their SPF levels.

Researchers released this particular fragrance study on the heels of the President's Cancer Panel report, which suggests avoiding these hormone - disrupting chemicals due to cancer concerns.

If passed, the legislation would substantially increase federal research into threats from hormone - disrupting chemicals and require the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to report to the public every two years on the extent to which hormone disruption by chemicals poses a threat to human health and the environment.