EC Releases Endocrine-Disruptor Criteria, Drawing Heavily On WHO Definitions
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The European Commission’s newly released criteria for identifying endocrine disruptors in the plant-protection and biocidal product sectors have no direct regulatory impact on cosmetics, but could signal the approach the EC will take in other areas as it works to manage endocrine-disruptor risks. A review of the Cosmetics Regulation’s applicability to endocrine disruptors is nearing completion, the EC says.
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