The main purpose of this project was to organize the 4th “Environmental Hormones and POPs Conference”. Through the interaction during the symposium, new information regarding the environmental hormone issue can be gathered from academic, different governmental agencies and environmental groups. The conference was held at GIS convention center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, at June 9, 2006, and was a success. There were at least 382 people participated. There were a total of 16 invited speakers. There were a total of 42 researchers presented in the conference, which covers different research areas, namely toxicology/human level, environmental analysis and detection techniques, ecotoxicology and microbial degradation, and environmental levels and management, and wild life impact with environmental hormones. Several fruitful results were obtained including active interaction between participants. In the future, we hope this conference can be continued on a biennial basis with a full support from government and other institutes.

Environmental Hormones；POPs；Dioxin；EDCs