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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11571

14 June 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) health
Commission leaves no room for doubt regarding endocrine disruptors

Brussels, 13/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has been walking on eggshells in the sensitive dossier on endocrine disruptors. On Wednesday 15 June, it is expected to propose that it draw on the WHO/IPCS criteria to define - and ultimately prohibit - substances that alter the endocrine system. This approach does, therefore, not take into account the potency of an agent (the link between the dose and the effect) as supported by the industry or the "potential" disruptors that...

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