On February 14, 2017 the non-profit organizations Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and ClientEarth published a new report entitled “Disrupted criteria – The criteria to identify endocrine disruptors: Implications beyond pesticides and biocides.” The NGOs call for a single, unified system to identify endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that is applicable across different sectors and spans EU legislation, such as the Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), the Cosmetics Regulation, the Water Framework Directive, the Toys Directive, the Medical Devices Regulations, and the Food Contact Materials Regulation. The European Commission’s (EC) current proposal for EDC criteria is intended for the field of plant protection products and biocides. The NGOs explain that EDCs “lurk in a wide variety of other products,” such as “the water we drink, the toys our children play with, and the soaps and cleaners we use on a daily basis.” Therefore, the NGOs urge the EC to redesign its proposal and provide horizontal EDC criteria “to identify these hazardous substances wherever they are located.”
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CIEL (February 14, 2017). “NGOs call for single, unified system to identify hormone disruptors in cosmetics, water, children’s toys, and everywhere they appear.”
Vanessa Zainzinger (February 14, 2017). “NGOs call for unified system to identify EDC criteria.” Chemical Watch
Reference
CIEL and ClientEarth (February 2017). “Disrupted criteria – The criteria to identify endocrine disruptors: Implications beyond pesticides and biocides.” (pdf)
