Editorial: Scientifically unfounded precaution drives European Commission’s recommendations on EDC regulation, while defying common sense, well-established science and risk assessment principles

Daniel R Dietrich; Sonja von Aulock; Hans Marquardt; Bas Blaauboer; Wolfgang Dekant; Jan Hengstler; Abby Collier; Gio Batta Gori; Olavi Pelkonen; Florian Lang; Frans P Nijkamp; Kerstin Stemmer; Albert Li; Kai Savolainen; A Wallace Hayes; Nigel Gooderham; Alan Harvey

doi:10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.07.001

Editorial: Scientifically unfounded precaution drives European Commission’s recommendations on EDC regulation, while defying common sense, well-established science and risk assessment principles

Daniel R Dietrich, Sonja von Aulock, Hans Marquardt, Bas Blaauboer, Wolfgang Dekant, Jan Hengstler, Abby Collier, Gio Batta Gori, Olavi Pelkonen, Florian Lang, Frans P Nijkamp, Kerstin Stemmer, Albert Li, Kai Savolainen, A Wallace Hayes, Nigel Gooderham, Alan Harvey

Strathclyde Institute Of Pharmacy And Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

We, the undersigned editors of prominent journals of pharmacology and toxicology, are drawing your attention to the imminent decisions by the European Commission to enforce a regulatory framework for so-called endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The currently drafted framework is based on virtually complete ignorance of all well-established and taught principles of pharmacology and toxicology, of opinions raised by the European Commission’s own competent expert authority (European Food Safety Authority (EFSA, 2013), and of critical statements made by member countries, while avoiding asking for support from the European Commission’s own scientific expert committees.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	317-320
Number of pages	4
Journal	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
Volume	67
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.07.001
Publication status	Published - Dec 2013

Keywords

scientifically unfounded precaution
european commission
EDC regulation
common sense
science
risk assessment

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Dietrich, D. R., von Aulock, S., Marquardt, H., Blaauboer, B., Dekant, W., Hengstler, J., Collier, A., Gori, G. B., Pelkonen, O., Lang, F., Nijkamp, F. P., Stemmer, K., Li, A., Savolainen, K., Hayes, A. W., Gooderham, N., & Harvey, A. (2013). Editorial: Scientifically unfounded precaution drives European Commission’s recommendations on EDC regulation, while defying common sense, well-established science and risk assessment principles. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 67(3), 317-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.07.001

Dietrich, Daniel R ; von Aulock, Sonja ; Marquardt, Hans ; Blaauboer, Bas ; Dekant, Wolfgang ; Hengstler, Jan ; Collier, Abby ; Gori, Gio Batta ; Pelkonen, Olavi ; Lang, Florian ; Nijkamp, Frans P ; Stemmer, Kerstin ; Li, Albert ; Savolainen, Kai ; Hayes, A Wallace ; Gooderham, Nigel ; Harvey, Alan. / Editorial : Scientifically unfounded precaution drives European Commission’s recommendations on EDC regulation, while defying common sense, well-established science and risk assessment principles. In: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 2013 ; Vol. 67, No. 3. pp. 317-320.

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In: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, Vol. 67, No. 3, 12.2013, p. 317-320.

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Dietrich DR, von Aulock S, Marquardt H, Blaauboer B, Dekant W, Hengstler J et al. Editorial: Scientifically unfounded precaution drives European Commission’s recommendations on EDC regulation, while defying common sense, well-established science and risk assessment principles. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 2013 Dec;67(3):317-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.07.001