Science and policy on endocrine disrupters must not be mixed: a reply to a “common sense” intervention by toxicology journal editors

Åke Bergman; Anna-Maria Andersson; Georg Becher; Martin van den Berg; Bruce Blumberg; Poul Bjerregaard; Carl-Gustaf Bornehag; Riana Bornman; Ingvar Brandt; Jayne V Brian; Stephanie C Casey; Paul A Fowler; Heloise Frouin; Linda C Giudice; Taisen Iguchi; Ulla Hass; Susan Jobling; Anders Juul; Karen A Kidd; Andreas Kortenkamp; Monica Lind; Olwenn V Martin; Derek Muir; Roseline Ochieng; Nicolas Olea; Leif Norrgren; Erik Ropstad; Peter S Ross; Christina Rudén; Martin Scheringer; Niels Erik Skakkebaek; Olle Söder; Carlos Sonnenschein; Ana Soto; Shanna Swan; Jorma Toppari; Charles R Tyler; Laura N Vandenberg; Anne Marie Vinggaard; Karin Wiberg; R Thomas Zoeller

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Science and policy on endocrine disrupters must not be mixed: a reply to a “common sense” intervention by toxicology journal editors

Åke Bergman, Anna-Maria Andersson, Georg Becher, Martin van den Berg, Bruce Blumberg, Poul Bjerregaard, Carl-Gustaf Bornehag, Riana Bornman, Ingvar Brandt, Jayne V Brian, Stephanie C Casey, Paul A Fowler, Heloise Frouin, Linda C Giudice, Taisen Iguchi, Ulla Hass, Susan Jobling, Anders Juul, Karen A Kidd, Andreas KortenkampMonica Lind, Olwenn V Martin, Derek Muir, Roseline Ochieng, Nicolas Olea, Leif Norrgren, Erik Ropstad, Peter S Ross, Christina Rudén, Martin Scheringer, Niels Erik Skakkebaek, Olle Söder, Carlos Sonnenschein, Ana Soto, Shanna Swan, Jorma Toppari, Charles R Tyler, Laura N Vandenberg, Anne Marie Vinggaard, Karin Wiberg, R Thomas Zoeller

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Abstract

The "common sense" intervention by toxicology journal editors regarding proposed European Union endocrine disrupter regulations ignores scientific evidence and well-established principles of chemical risk assessment. In this commentary, endocrine disrupter experts express their concerns about a recently published, and is in our considered opinion inaccurate and factually incorrect, editorial that has appeared in several journals in toxicology. Some of the shortcomings of the editorial are discussed in detail. We call for a better founded scientific debate which may help to overcome a polarisation of views detrimental to reaching a consensus about scientific foundations for endocrine disrupter regulation in the EU.

Original language	English
Journal	Environmental Health
Volume	12
Issue number	69
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISSN	1476-069X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-69
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Bergman, Å., Andersson, A-M., Becher, G., van den Berg, M., Blumberg, B., Bjerregaard, P., Bornehag, C-G., Bornman, R., Brandt, I., Brian, J. V., Casey, S. C., Fowler, P. A., Frouin, H., Giudice, L. C., Iguchi, T., Hass, U., Jobling, S., Juul, A., Kidd, K. A., ... Zoeller, R. T. (2013). Science and policy on endocrine disrupters must not be mixed: a reply to a “common sense” intervention by toxicology journal editors. Environmental Health, 12(69), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-69

Bergman, Å, Andersson, A-M, Becher, G, van den Berg, M, Blumberg, B, Bjerregaard, P, Bornehag, C-G, Bornman, R, Brandt, I, Brian, JV, Casey, SC, Fowler, PA, Frouin, H, Giudice, LC, Iguchi, T, Hass, U, Jobling, S, Juul, A, Kidd, KA, Kortenkamp, A, Lind, M, Martin, OV, Muir, D, Ochieng, R, Olea, N, Norrgren, L, Ropstad, E, Ross, PS, Rudén, C, Scheringer, M, Skakkebaek, NE, Söder, O, Sonnenschein, C, Soto, A, Swan, S, Toppari, J, Tyler, CR, Vandenberg, LN, Vinggaard, AM, Wiberg, K & Zoeller, RT 2013, 'Science and policy on endocrine disrupters must not be mixed: a reply to a “common sense” intervention by toxicology journal editors', Environmental Health, vol. 12, no. 69, pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-69

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