1998 Fooling with Nature: Are man-made chemicals in the environment hazardous to humans? What does science know? airs on Frontline on PBS.
First Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors. Held every two years since then.
Children’s Environmental Health Centers around the country funded by NIEHS and EPA.
Program on endocrine disruptors established in Japan, by Dr. Taisen Iguchi of Japan’s National Institute for Basic Biology.
PFOA in Parkersburg: When hundreds of Wilbur Tennant’s cows in Parkersburg, WV became sick or died, he sued 3M with attorney Rob Billot. Bilott uncovered DuPont internal documentation of PFOA exposure in plant workers and groundwater, as portrayed in the 2019 feature film Dark Waters.
Parkersburg, West Virginia, PFAS Project Lab
EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program on Endocrine Disruptors aimed to develop a government-wide coordinated effort to “stimulate innovative, multi-disciplinary research to address high priority scientific uncertainties related to the potential adverse effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) in humans and wildlife.”
EDSTAC recommendations published: The Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) made final recommendations for a screening program to Congress then dissolves after two years of effort.