WHAT¹S NEW ON CBR¹S
ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS AND OTHER HORMONES
WEB SITE
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2000
******************************************************
Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones Web site
http://www.som.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome/
Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier
Universities
http://www.cbr.tulane.edu
Environmental hormone 2001
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu
******************************************************
o ED NEWS (Updated 11/27/00)
http://www.som.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome/newsviews/whatsnew/
-- News roundup
Pesticide produces Parkinson's symptoms
CDC measures human exposure
US EPA bans ethyl parathion
Arctic dioxin from North American sources
-- Government actions
NTP seeks comments on phthalates
NTP considers estrogen as carcinogen
Dioxin draft reports available
-- Media madness
- Teens before their time, Time Magazine.
- Kids at risk, Ladies Home Journal.
- Critically ill infants most at risk from plastic softener,
Environment News Service.
- Drugged drinking water, Environmental Health Perspectives
- Chemical Awareness:
Endocrine disrupters list scientifically inadequate
Pharmaceuticals in the environment
Pharmaceutical agents, cancer, and the environment
Endometriosis and dioxin
-- Web mania
- Children's Environmental Health web site
- Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors Program
(BCERF) web site updates
-- Books, reports & more
- Conference proceedings: Chemicals under the Spotlight
- Canadian report: Nonylphenol and its ethoxylates
- New book: Children's Environmental Health: Reducing Risk
in a Dangerous World
o RESEARCH BRIEFS (Updated 11/27/00)
http://www.som.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome/newsviews/research/briefs
-- Eight new research papers
o CONFERENCE KIOSK (Updated 11/27/00)
http://www.som.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome/sources/conference/
-- New conference listings:
12/2/00: Speaker Lindsey Berkson discusses her book Hormone
Deception: How everyday foods and products are disrupting our
hormones and how to protect yourself and your family, Tulane
University Center, New Orleans, LA
12/7-8/00: National Conference on Science, Policy, and the
Environment, Washington, D.C.
7/8-12/01: 9th International Congress of Toxicology, Brisbane,
Australia
10/9-11/01:Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
in Water, Minneapolis, Minnesota
10/14-17/01: e.hormone 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana
o MEDIA COVERAGE (Updated 11/27/00)
http://www.som.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome/sources/media/
-- 18 new articles.
----------------------------------------------
Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones (EEOH), part of the
Environmental Concepts Made Easy (ECME) Web site, is an
educational service and an interactive forum where those
interested in environmental estrogens and other environmental
hormones can find accurate, timely information and contribute to
ongoing public debate.
To Drop: If you want to be removed from this list or have
comments or suggestions about this announcement or the EEOH Web
site, notify the Web site manager at ecme at mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
by writing "Remove from eupdate" in the subject line.
To Add: If you know of someone who might like to receive the EEOH
Web site e-mail updates, send a note to the Web site manager at
ecme at mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu and include a full name and e-mail
address in the message.
The Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier
Universities (CBR) maintains the ECME Web site. CBR researchers
collaborate across disciplines, departments, and universities to
study and propose solutions to environmental problems. For
inquiries, visit the CBR Web site at
http://www.som.tulane.edu/cbr, e-mail cbr at tcs.tulane.edu, or
phone (504) 585-6910.
-------------------------------------------------
---
