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"en.20150309.15.1-199-000"2
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"Madam President, according to leaks within the European Commission, we have heard that an EU paper on endocrine disruptors was due to propose criteria for categorisations of endocrine—disrupting chemicals which would have led to an EU ban on a range of hazardous substances but, once again, amidst heavy lobbying from the major chemical industry, which stands to lose big profits on these chemicals the report has mysteriously yet to surface. Instead, what we hear is that the European Commission is proposing to release an impact assessment in 2016. It is disheartening to hear yet again another story of the Commission bending to its corporate bedfellows instead of implementing rigorous regulation to protect consumers and the environment.
There is no excuse for any delay. There is plenty of scientific evidence to support the immediate suspension of the use of certain harmful substances, and it is a view which is also held by certain influential Member States. So, given that EDCs are used routinely in everyday household items such as toiletries, cosmetics, food containers, plastics and pesticides to name but a few, it is extremely urgent that the precautionary principle be upheld and that action be postponed as the Commission plans. EDCs have been linked to a wide range of diseases and conditions such as – as we have heard – foetal abnormalities, infertility, autism, diabetes and hormonal cancers. This Frankenstein list of health causes is only compounded when we consider the staggering economic cost of EDC exposure."@en1
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