Activities of Alda SOUSA related to 2012/2066(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the protection of public health from endocrine disrupters PDF (191 KB) DOC (126 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- Having regard to the European Environment and Health Strategy and the EU Action Plan on Environment and Health (2004-2010), which inter alia recognise a need to take into account combined exposure of chemicals in risk assessments;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas an increasing number of scientific studies have suggested that endocrine disrupting chemicals, particularly in combination, play a role in both chronic diseases, including hormone related cancers, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and also in reproductive problems;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas, at EU level, there are no coordinated or combined monitoring programmes specifically dedicated to endocrine disruptors;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. Whereas there is little if any co- ordination regarding the way that data are collected, managed, assessed and reported across the different monitoring programmes;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas a number of EU laws are aimed at protecting citizens from exposure to harmful chemicals; however, current EU legislation assess each exposure individually and does not provide for a comprehensive, integrated assessment of cumulative effects taking into account different routes of exposure and different product types;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Invites the Commission to pay appropriate attention to the precautionary principle and the potential risks of chemical combination effects when drawing up future proposals;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to submit as soon as possible proposals for overarching criteria together with testing and information requirements for chemicals on the commercial market, and for EU legislation to make clear what is regarded as a substance with endocrine- disrupting properties; advocates considering the introduction of ‘endocrine disruptor’ as a regulatory hazard class;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to take further action in the field of chemicals policy and step up research that provides both for the assessment of the endocrine disrupting potential of individual chemicals as well as the possibility to assess the cumulative impact of identified combinations of substances on the endocrine system;