Earth Day webinar features expert on global health threat

Newswise — As Earth Day approaches, public health experts are sounding the alarm about endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in the environment. These chemicals have been linked to health conditions such as cancer, infertility and obesity.

The Endocrine Society will be holding a 30-minute webinar exclusively for journalists on this topic. During the webinar, reporters will have an opportunity to pose questions to Dr. R. Thomas Zoeller, an editor of the recent United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Health Organization (WHO) joint report on endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

The webinar will address the following questions:

• How widespread is exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals?• How do chemicals interfere with the way the body’s hormones work?• What impact do endocrine-disrupting chemicals have on prenatal development?• What efforts have been made to regulate endocrine-disrupting chemicals?• How are endocrine-disrupting chemicals related to global rates of chronic disease? Who:Endocrine Society member R. Thomas Zoeller, MS, PhD, Professor, University of Massachusetts, and co-editor of the UNEP-WHO joint report “State of the Science of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals 2012.”

Date: Friday, April 12, 2013 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (EDT)

Where: Media are invited to attend this event at no cost, however space is limited. Reporters can register by email to [email protected]. Registered reporters will receive log-in information for the webinar.

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