PLASTICS SECTOR WELCOMES IMPENDING EUROPEAN COMMISSION GUIDANCE ON ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS
March 1st, 2016
News that the European Commission is at last ready to present scientific criteria to identify hormone disrupting chemicals subject to special controls has been welcomed by the plastics industry.
The move follows a decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in December in a case brought by Sweden complaining about years of delay in adopting criteria for the carcinogenic disruptors found in rubber boots, shower curtains and food containers. The court said that the Commission had broken deadlines set by the European Union (EU) biocidal products regulation by ...
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