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On 26 May 2005, Environmental Media Services held an international teleconference to allow reporters to hear and question experts on endocrine disruption about two new scientific studies being released:
- Swan et al. report strong associations between phthalate levels in pregnant women and demasculinization of their baby boys' genitals.
According to nation-wide surveys, one-quarter of American women have phthalate levels at least as high as the levels associated with significant changes in this study.
- In experiments with mice, Muñoz-de-Toro et al. show that perinatal exposure to extremely low (part-per-trillion) doses of bisphenol A (BPA) causes changes in patterns of mammary gland development at the time of puberty. When changes like those observed in these mice take place in humans, they are associated with increased risks to breast cancer. Most people in the US are exposed to this level of BPA.
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Introduction
Arlie Schardt
President
Environmental Media Services
Presentations
Shanna Swan, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Paul Foster, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow at the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Ana M. Soto, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Frederick vom Saal, Ph.D.
Professor, Reproductive Biology and Neurobiology, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Questions from press
Elizabeth Weise, USA Today
Matt Crenson, Associated Press
Juliet Elperin, Washington Post
Seth Borenstein, Knight Ridder
Jane Kay, San Francisco Chronicle
Elizabeth Weise, USA Today
Matt Crenson, Associated Press
Andy Coghlan, New Scientist
Mark Prigg, Evening Standard, London
Richard Harris, National Public Radio
Jane Kay, San Francisco Chronicle
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