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Tunnel vision: The regulation of endocrine disruptors

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This study examines the failure of a small but significant element of U.S. chemical regulatory policy: the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). A range of conditions are implicated in the failure of this program, but one condition, the scientific testing and regulation paradigm (STRP), seems particularly important and ties the failure of EDSP to the failure of other U.S. chemical regulatory programs. This paradigm is a group of assumptions that have driven pesticide (and other chemical) regulatory policy since World War II. This study investigates the relationship between STRP and the failure of EDSP, the potential efficacy of alternatives to this program, and one alternative that broke from this paradigm. Ultimately, this study suggests that we must revise the role of science in regulation in order to find effective alternatives to modern chemical regulatory policy. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2004

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  • Jason Vogel, 2004. "Tunnel vision: The regulation of endocrine disruptors," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 37(3), pages 277-303, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:policy:v:37:y:2004:i:3:p:277-303
    DOI: 10.1007/s11077-005-1764-0
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