Abstract
IT HAS BEEN 12 YEARS since Congress ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to develop the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) to test pesticides and other chemicals for their ability to mimic hormones and disrupt the endocrine system. After missing numerous deadlines and spending more than $100 million on the program, EPA has yet to test a single chemical. Many people are wondering whether EDSP will ever get off the ground, and critics are saying it’s time to scrap the program and start over. Frustrated by EPA’s foot-dragging, Congress added language to EPA’s 2008 appropriations bill that directed the agency to finalize the initial list of chemicals and assays to be used in EDSP and issue the first test orders by the end of August of this year. To date, however, EPA has only issued a draft list of 73 pesticides or inert ingredients used in making pesticides that will undergo screening and a draft list ...
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