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Guidance on identifying endocrine disruptors published
EFSA and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have published their guidance on how to identify substances with endocrine disrupting properties in pesticides and biocides. The European...
Pesticides
Endocrine active substances
7 June 2018
Endocrine disruptors: EFSA and ECHA outline Guidance plans
EFSA and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have published an outline of the Guidance they are developing on how to identify substances with endocrine disrupting properties in...
Pesticides
Endocrine active substances
20 December 2016
Endocrine disruptors: EFSA and ECHA start work on guidance
EFSA and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) are developing scientific guidance to enable identification of endocrine disruptors. Earlier this year the European Commission proposed...
Pesticides
Endocrine active substances
2 December 2016
EFSA’s advances in assessing potential endocrine disrupting pesticides
EFSA’s scientists have recently made significant strides in addressing the issue of potential “endocrine disruptors” in pesticides. Their work is a response to recent EU rules that...
Pesticides
Endocrine active substances
23 September 2015
EFSA supports European Commission in defining scientific criteria for endocrine disruptors
Endocrine active substances are chemicals that can interact or interfere with normal hormonal activity; when this leads to adverse effects they are called endocrine disruptors....
Cross-cutting science
Endocrine active substances
Chemicals in food
20 March 2013
Endocrine disruptors: EFSA to deliver scientific opinion in March 2013
Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that may interfere with the hormonal system. At the request of the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is preparing a...
Food ingredients and packaging
Pesticides
Cross-cutting science
Endocrine active substances
Chemical contaminants
Dioxins and PCBs
Brominated flame retardants
1 October 2012