抄録
The exaggerated response to “endocrine disrupter (ED) issue” by mass media appears to have been calmed down recently due to the rational and cool views on this issue by the governments in Japan, USA as well as European Community. In this report, the official views and policies on ED issue of the governments are summarized. Since the testing method to distinguish the candidate EDs from non-ED chemicals is a matter of the highest priority, the strategy for screening of candidate EDs from enormous number of daily-use chemicals and the state of testing method development are also noted. The views of both domestic and foreign chemical industries and the way how they participate the research works on this issue are mentioned.
