Brussels, 22/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - Voices were raised on Wednesday 21 January at the environment and public health committee at the European Parliament, in an effort to demand that the Latvian presidency of the Council puts pressure on the European Commission to present a list of the endocrine disruptor identification criteria. This was initially expected in September 2013, as a means to amend European legislation on pesticides and biocides (see EUROPE 11226, 11200). The MEPs who formulated this demand, however, are still not satisfied. Guntis Belevics, the acting president of the EU Health Council came to present the Latvian presidency's priorities (see other article) and did not provide any answer to this demand.
Neither did he answer Michèle Rivasi (Greens/ EFA, France), who said that she was shocked by the scientific opinion of the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), according to which current exposure levels to Bisphenol A, from any source, presents no danger to consumers' health (see EUROPE 11235). The MEP said, “it is a scandal that our agency can produce such an aberration when Sweden, Denmark and France already have legislation banning Bisphenol A. Thanks for making it so perfectly obvious!” (AN)