Who is the NIEHS?
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is a department of the National Institutes of Health in the United States. The NIEHS assembled a panel of toxicologists who reviewed scientific studies on the reproductive and developmental effects of genistein (one of the isoflavones in soybeans) and secondly, soy infant formula. The NIEHS convened a public meeting on March 15-17, 2006 to discuss the two reports and determine conclusions on the effects of genistein and soy infant formula, and identify future research needs. The NIEHS accepted public comments on the reports, and those received to date are available on the NIEHS website at http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/genistein-soy/genistein/pubcomm-genistein.html Click here to read Professor Ken Setchell’s submission to the NIEHS regarding the two draft reports. Many studies reviewed in the reports involved feeding or directly injecting pure genistein into rats and mice. However, there are severe limitations in ext
