Study Questions EPA ToxCast's Ability To Identify Endocrine Disruptors

A new paper by academic researchers questions the ability of EPA's ToxCast program to identify a type of endocrine disruptor known as obesogens, findings that come as EPA is turning its Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) to greater use of the computational ToxCast toxicity screen to replace some of its traditional tests. Obesogens are chemicals that act on hormones to cause fat gain. Effects are seen not necessarily in a treated lab animal, but rather in its grandchildren and future...