It is possible that the European Commission will present an amended version of its proposals on endocrine disruptors in November. During the national experts’ meeting on Wednesday 21 September, it acknowledged that certain formulas could lead to confusion.
In the middle of June, the Commission presented a series of criteria to help identify and ultimately ban chemical substances that dangerously disrupt the hormonal system (known as"endocrine disruptors")(see EUROPE 11573). It decided to...