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Lecture 21 - Special Topic: Endocrine Disruption

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NOTE: A part of this lecture contains the PBS video "Fooling with Nature." Copyright release for open courseware digital streaming was not granted by the copyright owners. Thus, some Media files in this section are password protected. Students should contact the instructor for the fair use password at etox(at)uidaho(dot)edu.

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the scientific basis of environmental endocrine disruption.
  2. Explore the endocrine disruption hypothesis.
  3. Review the classic case studies that have increased awareness in the public about environmental endocrine disruption.
  4. Understand recent research and policy issues related to environmental endocrine disruption.
  5. Explore the future pathways of analysis in the study of endocrine disruption.

LECTURE MATERIALS

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PBS EPISODE

Frontline: Fooling with Nature 60 mins

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LECTURE ACTIVITIES

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Advanced Reading

  1. Richards 2nd ed.; pp 313-323
  2. PBS Fooling with Nature: Teeny Weenies
  3. Nat'l Academy Press, Hormonally Active Agents in the Environment (2000); Executive Summary pp 1-9.
  4. Nemours Foundation: The Endocrine System
  5. AMA Atlas: The Endocrine System
  6. NLM Medline: Endocrine Diseases

Resources

Keywords

  • endocrine
  • estrogenic
  • precautionary principle
  • receptor

Suggested Reading

  1. Our Stolen Future
  2. Essay: An Example of the Precautionary Principle at Work - Endocrine Disruption
  3. EPA: Special Report on Endocrine Disruption (Fact Sheet)
  4. EPA: Endocrine Disruption Screening Program
  5. NRDC: Endocrine Disruption
  6. Johns Hopkins: Syndromes of Abnormal Sex Differentiation