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July 13, 2016
Environmental law organization ClientEarth publishes legal opinion judging the European Commission’s EDC criteria non-compliant with the mandating regulations
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July 13, 2016
European Commission’s Director for Food and Feed Safety, Innovation affirms Commission’s commitment to protect human health and environment from endocrine disruptors
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July 7, 2016
Group of scientists express concern about proposed EDC criteria in open letter to EU Health Commissioner Andriukaitis and make recommendations for improvement
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July 4, 2016
European Commission issues final report on the screening of potential EDCs as part of the impact assessment on EDC criteria; option 1 of EDC roadmap appears as most conservative approach
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July 1, 2016
Weight-of-evidence evaluation and systematic review methods are promoted in most chemical risk assessment frameworks in the EU, but clear guidance is lacking; scientists suggest joint guidance development by EU agencies dealing with chemicals
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June 30, 2016
Environmental ministers of France, Denmark, and Sweden ask Commission to amend proposed EDC criteria to better protect human health and the environment
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June 27, 2016
European Commission’s Joint Research Centre publishes report on EDC screening method used in Commission’s impact assessment on criteria to identify EDCs
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June 23, 2016
The Guardian, EurActiv, Chemical Watch, and other news providers report on EDC criteria proposed by European Commission; summarize positions of different stakeholders
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June 16, 2016
Industry, environment and health groups, as well as science community mostly express criticism and disappointment over European Commission’s proposal for EDC criteria
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June 16, 2016
European Commission proposes strongly science-based criteria to identify endocrine disruptors, endorses WHO definition, and publishes impact assessment on EDC criteria
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