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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10811

21 March 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) endocrine disruptors
EFSA recommends defining scientific criteria

Brussels, 20/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - Not all substances which are active on the endocrine system are necessarily endocrine disruptors. This depends on the existence of reasonable proof demonstrating that the substance can have a harmful effect resulting from its interaction or interference with the endocrine system, as there are no scientific criteria to date which establish a distinction between active substance and endocrine disruptors, according to the European Food Safety Authority...

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