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CASCADE Endocrine Disruption Conference: present health threats and future research needs
On October 2nd 2008, the CASCADE Open Forum hosted in Brussels brought together over 100 representatives of academia, government agencies (US Environmental Protection Agency, European Commission), industry (Cefic) and civil society to discuss knowledge gaps and research needs in order to better address the threats of endocrine disrupting chemicals in our environment.
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) attended the CASCADE Open Forum to represent the NGOs’ work on endocrine disrupting substances . Dr. Lisette van Vliet, HEAL’s Toxics Policy Advisor, presented HEAL’s work on endocrine disrupters and breast cancer (download her presentation here in pdf format).
Hear her feedback on the CASCADE Open Forum below.
Dr Lisette Van Vliet, HEAL
In addition to presentations, the Forum offered poster presentations and several small group discussions. HEAL spoke with several experts at the meeting. See their short messages below:
Dr Robert Kavlock, EPA (United States)
Dr Anne Gourmelon, OECD
Dr Nicolás Olea, University of Granada (Spain)
Dr Andrea Tilche, European Commission
The outcome of the meeting will be a Strategic Agenda which clearly defines the mutual needs, interests and expectations in main activities areas: research, education and risk assessment. It will be published on the CASCADE website.
More information
All the short interviews conducted by HEAL can be found on the YouTube website under the Cascade Network
To learn more about endocrine disrupting chemicals and its possible role in developing breast cancer, please, read following briefings jointly published by CHEM Trust and HEAL:
- “Breast cancer and exposure to hormonally active chemicals: An appraisal of the scientific evidence”.
- “Factors influencing the risk of breast cancer - established and emerging”.
To learn more about chemicals and disease, please, visit Chemicals Health Monitor website - section “Diseases and Chemicals”.
Written on 3 November 2008.
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- This website is a part of the Chemicals Health Monitor Project (CHM), which aims to improve public health by ensuring that key scientific evidence on the links between chemicals and ill-health are translated into policy as quickly as possible. The CHM project was launched by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) in collaboration with CHEM Trust, Collaborative on Health and Environment and other partner organisations across Europe in March 2007.
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