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Project: Special Publication on Natural and Anthropogenic Environmental Oestrogens

Number: 022/18/98
Start: 01 January 1998
End: 31 December 2001
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Objective

A peer-reviewed publication authored by international experts to put into scientific perspective the industrially-important controversy over "endocrine disrupters". COCI contributed ~$42K for the honaria to authors and reviewers that permitted rapid publication in this fast-moving area. A.N. Wright, COCI Chairman and A.E. Fischli, IUPAC Past President acted as the Special Issue Editors.

Progress
The Special Issue of Pure Appl. Chem., "Natural and Anthropogenic Environmental Oestrogens - The scientific basis for risk assessment", was published in Sept. 1998, Vol. 70, No. 9, appearing in early 1999. The "Conclusions and recommendations", over the names of the Presidents of the three prestigious scientific Unions, have provided scientificaly-unbiased, easily understood, information for governmental and othe decision-makers around the world to help counter the claims of the more extreme environmentalists. Distribution worldwide in late 1999 has been facilitated by cooperative efforts with UNESCO and UNIDO.

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