Endocrine Disrupting Compounds

What We Know and What We Don't

A Regional Science Forum for the Mid-Atlantic
November 16, 2006
Holiday Inn – Fort Detrick
Frederick , MD

Background
To better understand these chemicals and their effects, the Mid Atlantic Water Program, the Chesapeake Research Consortium, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, hosted a science forum to assess the state of the science for EDCs. This forum, entitled “Endocrine Disrupting Compounds: What We Know and What We Don’t,” was held in Frederick, MD on November 16, 2006.  - Nationally and regionally-renowned EDC scientists gathered with interested scientists and managers from academia, industry, and government to discuss the current scientific understanding of EDCs and their impacts on human and wildlife health. With representatives from agricultural and municipal sectors, this forum also reviewed solutions to reducing EDCs in animal and municipal wastes.

Available Documents: Agenda Presentations: What are Endocrine Disruptors and Why are We Concerned? Keynote Speaker: Edward Orlando, Florida Atlantic University Persistent Antimicrobials as Emerging EDCs in U.S. Water Resources, Biosolids and Sediments Rolf Halden, Johns Hopkins University Poultry Litter-Induced Endocrine Disruption: Laboratory and Field Investigations Lance Yonkos, Wye Research Institute Quantifying Endocrine Disruption in Threatened and Endangered Fish Species David Walker, University of Arizona Endocrine disruption and human health: Are there opportunities for preventing disease? Pete Myers, Environmental Health Sciences The Effects of EDCs in Birds Mary Ann Ottinger, University of Maryland Intersex and other potential indicators of exposure to estrogenic chemicals in fishes from the Potomac drainage Vicki Blazer, USGS - Leetown Science Center Endocrine disruptors in invertebrates Geoff Scott, NOAA - Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research Managing Emerging Contaminants of Concern in Wastewater and Animal Wastes Marc Mills, U.S. EPA – Office of Research and Development Thermophilic Composting of Poultry Layer Manure: Significantly Reduces Endocrine Compounds and Pathogens while Stabilizing Organic Matter Patricia Millner and Heldur Hakk, USDA – Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lab Fate of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Wastewaters Mark La Guardia, Virginia Institute of Marine Science   For more information, please contact: Daphne Pee University of Maryland Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Program

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