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IMPACTS OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTER CHEMICALS ON AQUATIC ORGANISMS AND HUMAN HEALTH Dr. Fran Solomon fsolomon@interchange.ubc.ca February 3, 2009 TOPICS TO BE COVERED What are endocrine disrupter chemicals (EDCs) and how do they act? Properties and sources of EDCs Exposure pathways Impacts of specific groups and mixtures of EDCs How to reduce exposure TOXIC CHEMICALS Chemicals that have negative impacts on an organism’s survival, activity, growth, metabolism or reproduction Include over 200,000 human-made organic chemicals (contain carbon) EDCs are recent chemicals of concern. ENDOCRINE DISRU