Identification of risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: overview of existing practices and steps ahead. Report of a meeting in Bonn, Germany 7-8 July 2014

Overview

The meeting was organized by the WHO European Centre for Environment and Healthof the WHO Regional Office for Europe, in cooperation with WHO headquarters. Themain objective was to discuss methodologies for assessing the risk of endocrinedisruptingchemicals (‎EDCs)‎ to human health and, in particular, experiences inassessing exposure to EDCs, health surveillance, and the design and performance ofepidemiological studies, as well as of building the capacity necessary to addressproblems related to EDCs at the national and international levels. Next steps wereagreed to facilitate activities aimed at identifying risks to human health from EDCs andsupporting countries in implementing the relevant commitments made at the ThirdSession of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (‎ICCM)‎, Nairobi,Kenya, 17-21 September 2012 and the Fifth European Ministerial Conference onEnvironment and Health in Parma, Italy, 10-12 March 2010.