What it means when the EU Commission delays decision for identifying dangerous EDCs

HEAL’s Lisette van Vliet speaks to Euranet Plus, the leading radio network for EU news

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The Commission was supposed to adopt rules setting a criteria for identifying hormone disrupting chemicals, so-called endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) by the end of 2013.

Euranet Plus Central,
December 16, 2015

The Commission breached EU law when it failed to put in place criteria for identifying hormone disrupting chemicals two years ago, says the European Court in a judgement. But despite the ruling and scientific reports saying it is urgent to act now, the EU authority will not speed up the identification of dangerous chemicals.

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