Activities of Åsa WESTLUND related to 2012/2066(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Protection of public health from endocrine disrupters (debate)
Protection of public health from endocrine disrupters (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the protection of public health from endocrine disrupters PDF (191 KB) DOC (126 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to carry out as soon as possible and no later than 2014 a systematic examination of all relevant current legislation, including considering the possibility of banning classified substances which are mutagenic and toxic for reproduction and substances which are on the Commission's own priority list of EDCs in consumer products, and, where necessary, to propose new legislation so as to reduce the exposure of human beings, particularly foetuses, babies, children and teenagers, to hormone disruptors; calls on the Commission to submit legislative proposals for chemicals in textiles and building materials, and stresses in particular the importance of reviewing legislation on materials and products intended to come into contact with food, so as to reduce human exposure to endocrine disruptors;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission to review Directive 2009/48/EC in order to effectively protect children from their exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that endocrine disruptors should be regarded as substances for which it is not possible to set a limit value at which effects may occur (‘non-threshold’ substances) and that any exposure to such substances may entail a risk; Stresses that endocrine disruptors should be regarded and regulated to the same standard as CMR substances;