Host: The Japanese Society of Toxicology
In the recent trends in regulations concerning endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), regulatory authorities in representative countries such as U.S., Europe and Japan has become strictly required various data for the purpose of pesticide registration. There is, however, still no internationally standardized procedure for identifying EDCs, although test methods such as OECD test guidelines have been developed to detect endocrine disrupting property using various cell lines and animals. In this presentation, I would like to introduce the schemes for establishing the evaluation methods of EDCs in each country and discuss the future issues.
