EU RELEASES ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR GUIDANCE
June 1st, 2016
The European Union (EU) paint and coatings industry finally has to consider long overdue criteria released by the European Commission on determining which substances are endocrine disrupting (hormone changing) chemicals (EDCs) and hence fall under EU controls. Such substances could henceforth be banned under the EU’s biocidal product regulation (BPR).
EU health and food safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis released the criteria saying that the EU system “the first worldwide to define such criteria in legislation”, noting that the European Chemicals ...
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