Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-09-Speech-2-272"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Dangerous substances and preparations (pentabromodiphenyl ether)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020409.12.2-272"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-09-Speech-2-2732
lpv:speaker	lp:Anneli Hulthén2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-02-13--2003-01-31)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-22--2003-01-31)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2003-01-31)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2003-01-31)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2003-01-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, brominated flame retardants constitute a serious threat to public health and the environment. After decades of industrial use, we find them everywhere, including in fish, birds’ eggs, polar bears, agricultural products and mother's milk. It might be imagined that this information had been taken from a paper written by fundamentalist environmental organisations, but that is not the case. One of the signatories of the paper is the Director-General of the Swedish emergency services authority, comprised of experts on, for example, fire protection, and that authority too is prepared to say that flame retardants have had their day. I think that this view should be listened to, for the major argument in the debate against a ban on oktaBDE and dekaBDE is that we cannot expose people to the danger involved in not using adequate flame retardants in buildings, furniture etc. At the same time, we know, however, that there are substitutes, that there is the possibility of using other materials and that there is the ability to produce in different ways than we do today. In a way, it is almost absurd that we are compelled to use chemicals to combat those chemicals we use in our buildings today. The reason our products burn as well as they do is that we already use chemicals in them. The Commission should have a proper think and try, for all that, to make a serious effort also to ban oktaBDE and dekaBDE. The issue is one of how long we have to wait, following the assessment, before a ban or a restriction on the use of oktaBDE and dekaBDE is introduced. The Commission has nonetheless said that it is prepared to act quickly. So how quickly is it prepared to act?"@en1

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