In June 2017, the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) co-signed a joint letter with the Endocrine Society (ES) and the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) to the European Commission expressing concern with the proposed criteria for the identification of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs).
The letter, sent to 75 European Health, Agriculture and Environment Ministers, outlines the key issues with these criteria; that they will likely fail to identify harmful EDCs, will fail to ensure a high level of health and environment protection, and that arbitrary exemptions will allow harmful chemicals to escape classification as EDCs.
Through this letter, ESE, ESPE and ES united in criticising the failure to base these criteria on coherent scientific reasoning and in recommending that EU member states improve these accordingly.
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On Thursday 28 September 2017, The European Parliament’s environment (ENVI) committee objected to the Commission’s proposed criteria for endocrine disruptors.
The European Society of Endocrinology, along with ES and ESPE, welcomed the objection proposed by MEPs Jytte Guteland and Bas Eickhout, which was approved by 389 votes to 235, with 70 abstentions, producing the absolute majority needed to block the proposal. The proposal will therefore need to be revised and resubmitted, taking into account the concerns raised.
28/09/2017