Society Delivers Statements at Meeting of Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution

November 25, 2024

Endocrine Society Opening Statement for INC5

"The Endocrine Society is the world’s largest and oldest professional society dedicated to the understanding of hormone systems and clinical care of those with endocrine diseases including a global membership of nearly 18,000 physicians and scientists from over 120 countries. Our expertise has defined much of what we know about the endocrine system: what hormones are, what they do, and how they do it. Our members have advanced our understanding of how chemicals in plastics can interfere with the function of endocrine systems and act as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and cause human and ecological health impacts including diabetes, obesity, cancer, infertility and impaired neurological development."

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