{"id":719,"date":"2017-12-15T16:45:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T08:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agrochemicals\/?p=719"},"modified":"2017-12-15T16:45:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T08:45:52","slug":"eu-member-states-adopt-revised-edc-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agrochemicals\/eu-member-states-adopt-revised-edc-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Member States adopt revised EDC proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"detailbox\" class=\"post-content\">\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Representatives from the European Member States in the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) voted yesterday in favour of a revised European Commission proposal on identification criteria for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) [1].<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The meeting was convened due to the European Parliament veto on an earlier version of the criteria, which Members of the European Parliament considered was not protective of citizens\u2019 health and an illegal reopening of the pesticides regulation [2].<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The criteria agreed yesterday partly took into account the European Parliament\u2019s demand by removing a problematic exemption that would have left numerous endocrine disrupting pesticides unaddressed. However, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) reiterates concerns stated earlier \u2013 alongside numerous public health voices and respected scientific societies [3] &#8211; about the very high burden of proof required in the criteria that have now been adopted to identify EDCs. This is of particular concern in the context of growing evidence that human exposure to environmental pollutants such as endocrine disruptors are weighing heavily on public budgets [4].<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G\u00e9non K. Jensen, HEAL\u2019s Executive Director, said: \u201cToday Member States failed to seize the opportunity offered by the European Parliament decision to significantly improve the criteria in order to really protect human health from toxic endocrine disrupting pesticides. Removing the exemption that would have left numerous endocrine disrupting substances off the hook is only one step in the right direction.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cAs they stand, the criteria will not allow for the swift identification of health adverse substances that we need, keeping an unnecessary burden on the health of future generations and our economy.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 As guidelines for how the future implementation of these criteria are being developed, concerns have been raised about the approach chosen to identify substances [5]. As part of the European Endocrine Disruptors Expert Group, HEAL is sharing those concerns and will actively continue to engage in the discussion to take place in the context of the ongoing public consultation on the guidelines [6].<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-meta\"><b>Source:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Representatives from the European Member States in the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) voted yesterday in favour of a revised European Commission proposal on identification criteria for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) [1]. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The meeting was convened due to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agrochemicals\/eu-member-states-adopt-revised-edc-proposal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;EU Member States adopt revised EDC proposal&#8221;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"two_page_speed":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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