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The NY Times published this study, in a list of scientific studies that had been withdrawn. Anyone here aware of any followups or other studies that were not withdrawn that came to a similar conclusion, that some pesticides might be endocrine disruptors? Thanx. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/28/science/retractions-scientific-studies.html?_r=0 Pesticides and Estrogen A 1996 report in Science said mixtures of some pesticides might be endocrine disruptors and lead to a rise in estrogen hormones, causing cancer and birth defects in humans and animals. In 1997, <http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/22/us/tulane-admits-flaws-in-a-study-linking-pesticides-and-estrogen.html>the paper was withdrawn after its senior author, John A. McLachlan, admitted the results could not be reproduced. The paper's publication affected federal legislation and set off a frantic round of research. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reports and updates on the assassination of Berta Cáceres. Click <http://www.mitchelcohen.com/?p=3180>HERE. Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything, That's how the light gets in. ~ Leonard Cohen