New insights from scientific research

New scientific findings on endocrine disruption are emerging rapidly. Follow these links to important threads of research that have unfolded since Our Stolen Future was published. These pages are being revised constantly, as new reports on endocrine disruption—basic science, human epidemiology, wildlife impacts, etc.,—are added almost daily to the scientific literature.

For a broad overview of the trends in research, click here.

For the most recent science findings, just out:

• Is weight regulation vulnerable to endocrine disruption? Intriguing new research
• Bisphenol A stimulates proliferation of androgen-independent prostate cancer cells
• Soy phytoestrogen impairs immune system function. Is infant soy formula safe?
• Household use of pesticides linked to childhood leukemia
• Weakly estrogenic compounds in mixtures have strong effects at very low levels
• WHO releases final report: available scientific evidence justifies concerns about EDCs
• Long Island: no apparent link between breast cancer risk and organochlorines
• Pesticides render frogs more vulnerable to parasites, increasing deformity rates
• Seveso, Italy: breast cancer risk rises with dioxin exposure
• Dioxin-like compounds decrease the likelihood of fathering male offspring
• Are sperm declines contributing to falling birth rates?

The pace of scientific publishing in this field is so rapid that sometimes important ones slip past without adequate attention. Below are papers, published within the last few years, that we weren't able to comment on when they first appeared.

• A common cause for testicular cancer, hypospadias, cryptorchidism and reduced sperm quality?
  the Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome
• The epidemiology of breast cancer

For entry into the literature on different themes: