This action announces the Agency's initiation of the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) Tier 1 screening for the first group of 67 chemicals by issuing orders between October 29, 2009, and February 26, 2010, pursuant to the authority provided to EPA under section 408(p)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). The EDSP Tier 1 screening data required to satisfy an order are due within 2 years of the date of issuance of the order. This action also provides information for pesticide registrants, manufacturers and importers of inert chemicals used in pesticide products, and the public on how to obtain details about the orders (such as the date of issuance and the recipients), the “Pesticide Inert Ingredients Data Submitters and Suppliers List” (PIIDSSL), and how interested persons other than recipients of test orders may submit other scientifically relevant information on the chemicals subject to the orders.

Hi, <br/><br/>I&#39;m a concerned citizen and writing not for animal rights (though PETA is the group that brought this issue to my attention), but because the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) appears to perform tests already done. <br/><br/>While it&#39;s heartening to see the EPA finally requiring information about hazardous chemicals that we are exposed to, most of these chemicals have actually been on the market for 40 or 50 years, and all of them have already been exhaustively studied and tested on animals. <br/>Thanks!<br/><br/>Warmly, <br/>Bobby Lee

Please stop cruel animal testing!<br/><br/>1. Use all scientifically relevant information before requiring that companies conduct additional animal testing on the EDSP chemicals, as the agency was instructed to do by the Office of Management and Budget.<br/><br/>2. Limit any further testing on these chemicals to non-animal methods since there is already a large body of existing animal test results.<br/><br/>3. Implement a tailored, chemical-specific testing strategy for the EDSP that makes use of existing data and a series of non-animal tests.<br/><br/>Thank you,<br/>Heidi Melton<br/>heidibruton@hotmail.com

Use all scientifically relevant information before requiring that companies conduct additional animal testing on the EDSP chemicals, as the agency was instructed to do by the Office of Management and Budget.<br/><br/>2. Limit any further testing on these chemicals to non-animal methods since there is already a large body of existing animal test results.<br/><br/>3. Implement a tailored, chemical-specific testing strategy for the EDSP that makes use of existing data and a series of non-animal tests.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s (EPA) Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) is now under way, with a request by the agency for data on 73 chemicals, including 64 pesticides. <br/><br/>While it&#39;s heartening to see the EPA finally requiring information about hazardous chemicals that we are exposed to, most of these chemicals have actually been on the market for 40 or 50 years, and all of them have already been exhaustively studied and tested on animals. <br/><br/>A number of the chemicals have already been tested in the very same tests that the EPA is requiring, and most have already been tested for reproductive and developmental effects, which are the end results of endocrine disruption. For example, one of the chemicals that the EPA may be planning to test is atrazine. This chemical has already been thoroughly tested in most of the proposed initial EDSP tests, and there is extensive information about how this chemical affects the endocrine system. It is inconceivable that any additional information obtained by repeating these tests would be used to further regulate this herbicide.<br/><br/>A minimum of 520 animals would be used per chemical to conduct all of the required tests, at a cost of between $324,000 and $938,000. <br/><br/>I am shocked and appauled. This is ridiculous and you need to lay off.

Please make sure to use all scientifically relevant information before requiring that companies conduct additional animal testing on the EDSP chemicals, as the agency was instructed to do by the Office of Management and Budget.<br/><br/>Also, please limit any further testing on these chemicals to non-animal methods since there is already a large body of existing animal test results.<br/><br/>Finally, please implement a tailored, chemical-specific testing strategy for the EDSP that makes use of existing data and a series of non-animal tests.