New science for chemicals policy

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5956, 2009, Pages 1065-1066

  Schwarzman, Megan R ^a   Wilson, Michael P ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; POPULATION GROWTH;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINATION; COST; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; LAW; POLICY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 70450183636     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1177537     Document Type: Short Survey

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22. Supported by the Berkeley Center for Environmental Public Health Tracking, CDC grant 5U19EH000097-04; the Stiefel Family Foundation; and the EU Center of Excellence, University of California at Berkeley.