Date: 2010-04-12
Source: BDS

At the last Environment Council in Brussels on 22 December 2009, the ministers discussed that EU legislation needs to be adapted to take account of the combination effects of chemicals. The proposed conclusions give the Commission the task of recommending, during 2010, how exposure to combinations of endocrine disruptors should be dealt with in existing legislation. In the conclusions, the Commission will also be given the task of evaluating, during 2011, to what extent existing legislation is sufficient for managing risks resulting from exposure, and of considering suitable alternatives. Please see weblink at http://www.se2009.eu/en/meetings_news/2009/12/22/environment_council_strengthens_work_against_effects_of_chemical_cocktails