97-6509. Special Report on Environmental Endocrine Disruption: An Effects Assessment and Analysis

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12185-12186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6509]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Special Report on Environmental Endocrine Disruption: An Effects 
Assessment and Analysis

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of risk assessment forum report.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of the ``Special Report on 
Environmental Endocrine Disruption: An Effects Assessment and 
Analysis.'' The report provides an overview of the current state of the 
science for endocrine disruption. The report's major components are an 
introduction to the endocrine system and the endocrine disruption 
hypothesis; a review of potential human health and ecological risks; 
and an analysis section, including an overview of research needs. The 
report represents an interim assessment pending a more extensive review 
expected to be issued by the National Academy of Sciences later in 
1997.

ADDRESSES: An electronic version of the report is accessible on EPA's 
Office of

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Research and Development home page on the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/ORD. Interested parties can obtain a single copy of the 
report by contacting: ORD Publications Office, Technology Transfer 
Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, 
Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone [phone]; facsimile (513) 569-
7566. Please provide your name and mailing address, and request the 
document by the title and EPA document number (EPA/630/R-96/012). There 
will be a limited number of paper copies available from the above 
source in mid-April. Requests will be filled on a first-come-first-
served basis. After the supply is exhausted, copies of the report can 
be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by 
calling [phone] or sending a facsimile to [phone]. The 
NTIS order number for this document is PB97-137772; Price Code 
A08:($31).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Wood, Risk Assessment Forum 
(8103), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., 
Washington, DC 20460, Telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA has followed closely the recent 
reports dealing with the potential effects of environmental endocrine 
disruptors on human health and ecological well-being. EPA's Science 
Policy Council requested that the Risk Assessment Forum prepare a 
Technical Panel report that would provide an overview of the current 
state of the science relative to the endocrine disruption hypothesis. 
This report serves as an interim assessment to inform Agency risk 
assessors of the major findings and uncertainties relative to 
environmental endocrine disruption and is the basis for a position 
statement by EPA's Science Policy Council.

    Dated: February 27, 1997.
Joseph K. Alexander,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, Office of Research and 
Development.
[FR Doc. 97-6509 Filed 3-13-97; 8:45 am]
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