EU Countries Apply For Prohibition Of Shoes And Clothing Containing Endocrine Disruptors.

In March 3rd P, the European Parliament of the French parliament issued a report to pressure the European Commission to ban the release of substances that cause endocrine disorders.

These substances are mainly used as antibacterial agents for shoes, clothing and electronic products.

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Last month, Sweden had already expressed concern about substance and threatened to accuse the European Commission of delayed publication of the relevant standards list. P

The purpose of this standard list is to prohibit the production and import of consumer goods such as shoes and clothing from the EU.

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< p > studies show that there are still some difficulties in implementing the ban on endocrine disruptors.

One of the main obstacles is the lack of accreditation criteria for identifying endocrine disrupting substances.

Therefore, the issuance of these standards is indeed urgent, and then the authorities can take appropriate measures, such as prohibiting or restricting the use of endocrine disrupting substances.

The European Commission should issue endocrine disrupting substances standards before December (2014).

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< p > endocrine disrupting chemicals refer to some chemicals that can be found in clothing, shoes, plastic, water bottles, knives, cosmetics, toys and cleaning products, which are known to be harmful to human hormones or lead to endocrine disorders.

However, if we want to ban these chemicals, we must first issue a list of relevant standards.

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< p > EU Environmental Affairs Commissioner Potocnik (Janez Poto Nik) delayed the release of the definition of endocrine disrupting substances, and claimed that the impact of the ban should be analyzed first.

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< p > delayed release standard list has attracted criticism from member states such as Sweden and France.

These countries believe that the analysis of the impact of the ban mainly considers socio-economic factors, but ignores the risks posed by public health.

Sweden and France are most concerned about the fact that European people will be exposed to these harmful substances. Therefore, it is necessary to take control measures as soon as possible.

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< p > scientific research confirms that o-benzoic acid two (plastic softeners), brominated flame retardants (usually used in household textiles or furniture) and metals such as lead and mercury are endocrine disrupting substances.

These endocrine disrupting substances can be produced naturally or synthetically.

Synthetic interfering substances can be found in pesticides, electronic products, personal care products, cosmetics, additives and food contaminants.

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The above French report, published in March 3rd (2014), pointed out that the use of endocrine disruptors would pose a serious health risk, especially in the absence of appropriate restrictive measures by the European Union. P

Therefore, France urges the EU to take corresponding measures immediately.

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The P report points out that the EU should adopt a new and comprehensive strategy for endocrine disrupting substances.

France believes that a comprehensive strategy can raise public concerns about this issue.

In addition, the EU should set a single definition of endocrine disruptors based on the harm of substances.

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Sweden (P) pressured the European Union in February 26th (2014) when it further pressed the European Union.

Swedish environmental minister Eike (Lena Ek) claims that if the EU does not act quickly, it will bring serious environmental and public health risks to the EU.

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"P > eke is particularly concerned about the use of antibacterial agents.

For example, antibacterial agents used for footwear, clothing and electronic products contain endocrine disrupting substances, which pose a health risk to pregnant women and children.

Sweden announced that it would go to the European Commission, urging the EU to fulfill its agreement with its Member States, or Sweden would sue the European Union.

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< p > in addition to France and Sweden, Ms. Jensen (Jensen), director general of Health and Environment Alliance, also asked the European Commission to take appropriate actions to announce countermeasures for endocrine disrupting substances as soon as possible.

She said the EU's delay in publishing a list of standards would only allow the outside world to think that the EU attaches more importance to bureaucratic procedures than to protect public health.

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Up to now, the European Commission has not formally responded to the pressure on the French parliament's European Affairs Committee and the Swedish environment minister, P.

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