B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal
Science and policy on endocrine disrupters must not be mixed: a reply to a "common sense" intervention by toxicology journal editors
Authors: Bergman A, Andersson AM, Becher G, van den Berg M, Blumberg B, Bjerregaard P, Bornehag CG, Bornman R, Brandt I, Brian JV, Casey SC, Fowler PA, Frouin H, Giudice LC, Iguchi T, Hass U, Jobling S, Juul A, Kidd KA, Kortenkamp A, Lind M, Martin OV, Muir D, Ochieng R, Olea N, Norrgren L, Ropstad E, Ross PS, Ruden C, Scheringer M, Skakkebaek NE, Soder O, Sonnenschein C, Soto A, Swan S, Toppari J, Tyler CR, Vandenberg LN, Vinggaard AM, Wiberg K, Zoeller RT
Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
Publication year: 2013
Journal: Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source
Journal name in source: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Journal acronym: ENVIRON HEALTH-GLOB
Article number: ARTN 69
Volume: 12
Number of pages: 4
ISSN: 1476-069X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-69
The "common sense" intervention by toxicology journal editors regarding proposed European Union endocrine disrupter regulations ignores scientific evidence and well-established principles of chemical risk assessment. In this commentary, endocrine disrupter experts express their concerns about a recently published, and is in our considered opinion inaccurate and factually incorrect, editorial that has appeared in several journals in toxicology. Some of the shortcomings of the editorial are discussed in detail. We call for a better founded scientific debate which may help to overcome a polarisation of views detrimental to reaching a consensus about scientific foundations for endocrine disrupter regulation in the EU.
