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In article <Michael.Warhurst-2404961218430001@mikew.civ.ed.ac.uk>,
   Michael.Warhurst@ed.ac.uk (Michael Warhurst) wrote:
>I've just fully updated my hormone disrupting chemicals web pages, to
>incorporate the latest research.
>
>These pages provide an introduction to the effects of hormone disrupting
>chemicals on man and the
>environment. Other terms used to describe these chemicals include
>xenoestrogens, oestrogenic
>(estrogenic), hormone mimicking and endocrine disrupting chemicals. The
>chemicals involved
>include pesticides such as DDT, lindane and atrazine, the food packaging
>chemicals, phthalates and
>bisphenol A, alkylphenol ethoxylate detergents and the chemical industry
>by-products, dioxins.
>These pages are aimed at anyone interested in the subject, and include
>references to other research
>and reviews for those interested in investigating the field further. 
>
>The URL is:
>http://www.ed.ac.uk/~amw/oestrogenic.html
>

Thanks for compiling this webpage, it gives a useful overview of the issue.  
It is however somewhat onesided and I find it disturbing that papers are cited 
without reference to followup articles that contradict or qualify them.

With regard to DDT/DDE effects the Wolfe et al study on breast cancer was 
unsupported by follow up studies, and the Kelce et al paper was critiqued in a 
subsequent issue of 'Nature' because the levels of DDE used were very unlikely 
to be encountered in the environment.

This is not to say that the papers are without value, but their real relevance 
cannot be understood without access to all (or at least a representative 
sample) of the available information.

Lawrence  (boull@agresearch.cri.nz)


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