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Endocrine effects and altered reproductive and developmental parameters were observed in both male and female rats, when exposed at a dose level that has been considered safe for humans. The findings of the study, which takes into account exposure from the in utero stage and all throughout adulthood, are particularly relevant considering how

Apr. 19, 2019

The Court of Appeal in Lyon has ruled to hold Monsanto legally accountable for severely harming the health of Paul François, a grain farmer from France’s Charente region. Health actors are welcoming this historic win, a legal precedent in France, as a victory for all victims of pesticides [1].

Paul François has been seeking recognition for his suffering for over a decade, after inhaling vapors of the Monsan

Apr. 11, 2019

Pollution in the air, water, soil and in the workplace is linked to an estimated nine million deaths each year worldwide – equivalent to one in six (16%) of all deaths, according to a ground-breaking new report in the leading medical journal The Lancet. In the EU alone, pollution causes more than 400,000 deaths which represents 7.8% of all deaths. Most of these deaths are due to non-communicable diseases caused by pollution such as heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and chronic ob

Oct. 19, 2017
Government delegates to the United Nations` Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have added nine new chemicals to its list of substances that governments must control. Environmental NGOs have welcomed the move but are disappointed by the inadequacy and inconsistency of control measures approved for three the listed chemicals.

Delegates at the meeting, held in Geneva in May, discussed the inclusion of nine new chemicals in Stockholm`s blacklist. This move would increas

Jun. 2, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency have come under fire from leading NGOs for its outdated testing program of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. It is feared that the numerous holes in the current programme fail to detect many serious effects on human development.

The Environmental Protection Agency is ready to start testing 67 pesticide ingredients for their possible endocrine disruption effects. However, the US based NGO, the Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX) argues that the testing pr

Jun. 2, 2009