2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants signed to restrict or eliminate the production and use of numerous persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (e.g., PCBs, dioxins, DDT), with more POPs added in subsequent years.
Dr. Terry Collins argues that achieving sustainable chemistry requires a sea change in the chemical community:
Collins, T. Toward Sustainable Chemistry Science, 5 Jan 2001, Vol 291, Issue 5501, pp. 48-49.
Dr. Niels Skakkebaek presented the hypothesis of testicular dysgenesis syndrome for the first time:
Skakkebaek NE, Rajpert-De Meyts E, Main KM. Testicular dysgenesis syndrome: an increasingly common developmental disorder with environmental aspects. Hum Reprod. 2001 May;16(5):972-8.
Dr. Ana Soto finds that fetal exposure to BPA alters the mammary gland in mice:
Markey, C. M., Luque, E. H., Munoz De Toro, M., Sonnenschein, C., & Soto, A. M. (2001). In utero exposure to bisphenol A alters the development and tissue organization of the mouse mammary gland. Biology of reproduction, 65(4), 1215–1223.