On Wednesday September 21, the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington D.C., was set upon by Endocrine Society members, staff, members of congressional offices, the media, and other interested parties to learn more about endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and the threats they pose to human health. The seminar, “From Hormones to Brain Development: 25 Years of...
The Endocrine Society has been engaged in reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act and is closely following implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. On August 22, the Endocrine Society submitted comments to the EPA with recommendations to address deficiencies in the existing regulatory approach. Our recommendations included...
Society Twitter Chat Draws Participants from US Senate, Advocacy Organizations
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and consumer advocacy groups such as Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families took part in the Society’s Twitter chat on endocrine-disrupting chemicals and personal care products Wednesday. The conversation was the Society’s largest Twitter chat to date. Moderated by member Jodi Flaws, PhD, and Society staff, the event hashtag was viewed more than...
25 Years of Endocrine Disruption: Past Lessons and Future Directions
2016 is a landmark year for the endocrine disruption (EDC) field. This year is the 25th anniversary of the Wingspread Conference on environmental endocrine disruption, the 50th anniversary of environmental health research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the 100th anniversary of the Endocrine Society. It is also the 20th anniversary of Our...House Appropriations Committee Passes Funding Bill for NIH; Final Outcome Uncertain
On July 14, the House Appropriations Committee approved its fiscal year (FY) 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS), Education and Related Agencies Appropriations spending measure which includes funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The House LHHS bill provides an additional $1.25 billion for biomedical research, which would raise the NIH budget to...
On May 18, the Endocrine Society attended the 201st meeting of the National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Advisory Council. Society members Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD, Alan Saltiel, PhD, and Joel Elmquist, PhD, DVM, are members of the NIDDK Council, which advises the director of the NIDDK on research, support activities, and functions...
On June 9, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations bill by a vote of 29-1 (James Lankford [R-OK] was the only “no” vote). The bill provides a $2 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), bringing the agency’s budget to $34.1 billion...
BREAKING: EC’s Overreaching Decision Fails to Protect Public Health
The Endocrine Society expressed disappointment and concern today that the European Commission’s regulatory criteria are too strict to effectively protect the public from endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). “The European Commission has set the bar so high that it will be challenging for chemicals to meet the standard, even when there is scientific evidence of harm,” said...
