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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11568
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) health

Fresh call from Parliament on endocrine disruptors

Brussels, 08/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament is keeping up the pressure on the sensitive issue of endocrine disruptors. On Wednesday 8 June, it adopted a joint resolution by the wide majority of 593 votes to 57, with 19 abstentions urging the Commission to publish scientific criteria for identifying endocrine disruptors.

Endocrine disruptors are chemicals which interfere with the hormonal system, potentially causing damage to health and the environment. Under the...

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