1980 Environment linked to cancer at Copenhagen workshop organized by Dr. Niels Skakkebaek. Dr. Johannes Clemmesen, who created the first national cancer registry in Denmark, presented evidence of environmental maternal exposures as a risk factor for testicular cancer.
Skakkebaek, N. (1981). Early detection of testicular cancer : proceedings of a workshop held in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 5-7 1980. International journal of Andrology. Supplement. 4.
1980-1981 Important papers published
Long-term effects on the female mouse genital tract associated with prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol. McLachlan JA, Newbold RR, Bullock BC. Cancer Res. 1980 Nov;40(11):3988-99.
The estrogenic activity of DDT: in vivo and in vitro induction of a specific estrogen inducible uterine protein by o,p’-DDT. Stancel GM, Ireland JS, Mukku VR, Robison AK. Life Sci. 1980 Sep 22;27(12):1111-7.
DDT-induced feminization of gull embryos. Fry DM, Toone CK. Science. 1981 Aug 21;213(4510):922-4.
1981 First annual International Dioxin Symposium held in Rome.