1. EDCs in Latin America …updated from 2014 to 2015 Letícia Reis de Carvalho 3 º Meeting of the Advisory Group for UNEP on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Geneva, 25-26 September 2015

2. State of the art of EDCs – Fertility and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Source: State of the Art of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, WHO/UNEP, 2012. )

3. Very limited data on the presence of emerging contaminants - including EDCs in natural and drinking waters in LAC 60 published papers found addressing EDC in different matrices in LAC Research addressing pharmaceuticals, agricultural and industrial EDCs under development in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico (disconsidering POPs under Stockholm Convention) Methodology development using bioassay and bio indicators to address disruptor activity in drinking and source waters carried out by CETESB, the Environmental Agency of São Paulo, in Brazil Bibliographic review on EDCs in LAC predict to be carried by (National Institute of Technological and Analytical Sciences of Brazil, INCTAA, in Portuguese), in 2016 Findings and gaps on EDCs INFORMATION in LAC

4. Examples of peer reviewd studies...

5. Example of data availability on pharmaceuticals in South American Occurrence of pharmaceuticas in the environment. Jardim, W. F. And Vidal, C. Pharmaceuticals in the Environment as a new emerging issue under SAICM. Geneva, April 8-9 2014.

6. Examples of pharmaceuticals EDCs in South America Drinking water Surface water Sediment Wastewater Occurrence of pharmaceuticas in the environment. Jardim, W. F. And Vidal, C. Pharmaceuticals in the Environment as a new emerging issue under SAICM. Geneva, April 8-9 2014.

7. Regarding pesticides Brazilian law forbids the registration of products that cause hormonal disturbances in accordance with procedures and updated experiences in the scientific community (Article 3 Law 7802/89) Emerging contaminants as nanomaterials, sun blockers, flame retardants, non-prescription drugs, pharmaceuticals and personal care products presently do not considered estrogenicity activity under the current legislation related to drinking water, in Brazil Working Group created at the Ministry of Healthy of Brazil, in 2014 is currently discussing on EDCs in the the review of drinking water regulations Findings and gaps on EDCS REGULATIONS in LAC

8. Thank you for your attention! Letícia Reis de Carvalho leticia.carvalho@mma.gov.br +55 (61) 2028-2070