Here we go again on endocrine disruptors. The European Commission has amended its proposals for a second time. The documents, of which EUROPE has had sight, began to be circulated on Wednesday 7 December. The Commission could call for a vote on the section devoted to pesticides on 21 December.
In mid-June, the Commission presented three criteria that would enable chemicals which have harmful effects on the hormonal system (the said “endocrine disruptors”) to be identified (and,...