Introduction to special series on endocrine disruption: Chemical testing, risk assessment approaches and implications
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- Accepted
- Subject Areas
- Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Genomics, Toxicology
- Keywords
- Endocrine Disruption Screening Program, risk calculation, hazard based assessment, genomics, regulatory evaluation, biological target, endocrine pathway
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- © 2016 Leopold et al.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2016. Introduction to special series on endocrine disruption: Chemical testing, risk assessment approaches and implications. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2578v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2578v1
Abstract
This special series of six papers (this introductory paper and 5 other papers) is about the Focused Topic Meeting on Endocrine Disruption Chemical Testing; Risk Assessment Approaches and Implications (4 – 6 February, 2014, Raleigh, North Carolina). The workshop was composed of five sessions that each dealt with a specific topic. Broadly speaking the following themes were addressed: a) the status of the USEPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, b) how data from both EDSP-directed testing and other sources may be interpreted and applied in regulatory settings and c) approaches for moving beyond estrogen, androgen and thyroid pathways to address current challenges and expanding future approaches to EDC testing. The series of publications summarizes the knowledge presented and discussed at the Focused Topic Meeting and organizes the information by session. Where relevant, the summaries are enhanced beyond the original ideas of the presentations during the meeting. It is the intention of the Steering Committee that these publications will act not only as a record of the proceedings of the meeting, but also as a valuable resource.
Author Comment
This paper introduces a special series of five papers (all submitted as preprints to PeerJ Preprints) titled: "Special Series on Endocrine Disruption: Chemical Testing, Risk Assessment Approaches and Implications'' about the Focused Topic Meeting held on this topic from 4 – 6 February, 2014 in Raleigh, North Carolina, US. The series presents the knowledge disseminated and the discussions held on: a) the status of the USEPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, b) how data from both EDSP-directed testing and other sources may be interpreted and applied in regulatory settings and c) approaches for moving beyond estrogen, androgen and thyroid pathways to address current challenges and expanding future approaches to EDC testing.