EU ROUND UP – CEFIC ATTACKS NEW EU ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR CHEMICALS CRITERIA
September 1st, 2016
THE EUROPEAN chemical industry association Cefic has criticised the European Commission’s criteria for defining endocrine disrupting (hormone affecting) chemicals, saying resulting guidance could over-regulate harmless chemicals. “For the industry to ensure that people and the environment are properly protected, it is essential that the criteria enable the identification of harmful substances. On the other hand, harmless substances, necessary to maintain a high quality of products and services..,” said a Cefic note. It said that the guidance needed to be ...
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