The European Commission is mulling directives from Parliament regarding its criteria for identifying endocrine disruptors, following the latter's rejection of a related EC draft regulation in October. Among shortcomings cited by lawmakers is the absence of a "suspected" ED category, which would be "extremely relevant" in the cosmetics sector, they say.
In October, European Parliament voted in opposition to the first draft regulation that would implement the European Commission's proposed criteria for identifying endocrine disruptors, leaving the EC to contemplate next steps.
Health & Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis lamented the vote's outcome in a